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Showing 21812190 of 35908 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 27 May 2010 – no. 09-11894

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-1

…w n° 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men and of décret n° 2015-354 du 27 mars 2015 relatif à l'égal accès des femmes et des hommes aux commissions et instances consultati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L6333-1

…edures set out in the first two paragraphs of article L. 6323-11 and articles L. 6323-11-1, L. 6323-27 and L. 6323-34. The Caisse des dépôts et consignations is authorised to receive the resources men…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Operating revenue

Article L3332-2-1

…e following two terms is calculated:1° The sum defined in 1° of 1 of II of 1.2 of Article 78 of Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010;2° The sum defined in 2° of 1 of II of 1.2 of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…6 September 2009, as amended, on cross-border payments in the Community; 4° Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of pass…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

…such compensation, the same limits apply to the organiser or retailer. In other cases, the contract may limit the damages to be paid by the organiser or retailer, provided that this limitation does no…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 H

…ject of an opinion, agreement or declaration to the Agence Nationale des Fréquences since 1 January 2010 and that provide mobile radio network coverage in areas, defined by regulation, that were not c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles

Article A823-5

…provisions of Article R. 823-10 of the Commercial Code. 09. The…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L156-2

…"Art. L. 142-2.-The data in the automated fingerprint files managed by the Ministry of the Interior may be consulted by expressly authorised agents of the Ministry of the Interior departments, under t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…the application of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Communities on the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article L236-28

Where the contribution referred to in article L. 236-27 is carried out between joint-stock companies, between limited liability companies or between one or more joint-stock companies and one or more l…

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