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Showing 311320 of 35908 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 27 May 2010 – no. 09-11894

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-27

…and intelligence services mentioned in articles L. 811-2 and L. 811-4 of the Internal Security Code may make it the recipient of any information for the same purposes.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-27

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article R. 351-23, original own funds items are included in Tier 1 original own funds for a maximum period of ten years after 1 January 201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-27

…e L. 4121-3-1. When giving its opinion on the annual prevention report and programme, the committee may propose an order of priority and the adoption of additional measures. Where some of the measures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-27

…professional redeployment project to be defined, the support unit informs the employee that he/she may benefit from the skills assessment provided for in article L. 1233-71 and carried out in accorda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-27

…o in 1° and 2° of II of article R. 2324-17, the maximum number of children cared for simultaneously may reach 115% of the childcare capacity provided for in the authorisation from the Chairman of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-27

…cable regulations. If the counter-analysis invalidates the result of the first analysis, the keeper may have an analysis of the third sample carried out at his own expense by the national reference la…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of production accounts

Article L213-27

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, within three years of the date of issue of the cinematographic exhibition licence, audit the production account referred to in article L. 213-24…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…of the same code; 8° Priority neighbourhoods for city policy are those defined in article 5 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion; 9° Urban renewal agre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27

…ipped with the digital tools required for remote meetings. The areas mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4° and 5° may be shared by several adjacent units with shared teams. II. - The beds in the multi-purpose inten…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-27

…rovided for in the Highway Code or in the articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20-1,225-10-1,227-3 à 227-11,311-3,314-5,314-6,431-1,431-4and 434-10 of the Penal Code and L. 3421-1 of the Public…

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