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Showing 52215230 of 37804 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 2e – 31 May 2018 – no. 17-17518

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Categories of beneficiaries.

Article L5212-13

…n article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-19

I. - A member of the public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation may withdraw from it, provided that it has notified its intention to the board of directors of the establishment no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-34

…the syndicates exercising the competence mentioned in the second paragraph of IV of Article L. 2224-31 may, in particular, carry out actions aimed at controlling network energy demand from end consume…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…inance, the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Tourism in application ofarticle 79 of law no. 2001-1276 on the amending finance law for 2001, including the possible allocation of financial a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Administrative composition

Article L621-14-1

…icle L. 621-15, and with the professional obligations mentioned in Article L. 621-17, the AMF Board may, at the same time as it notifies the parties of the objections under the conditions provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…or the research mentioned in 3° of article L. 1121-1 relating to a product mentioned in article L. 5311-1 and for which the intervention on the human person only gives rise to questionnaires, observat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-18

On the date set in 2° of Article R. 713-14, the election organisation committee, composed of sections where applicable, shall proceed with the counting of postal votes in open session and in the prese…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-18

Article R. 713-9 reads as follows: "Art. R. 713-9.-Applications are declared in writing to the prefecture. "Declarations of candidacy are admissible from the day set by the order convening the elector…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 A

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

…or a complete branch of activity or on the sale of a business, a craft business or a customer base may be subject to a staggered settlement plan where the parties have agreed to a deferred or stagger…

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