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Showing 27712780 of 36097 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 30 May 2007 – no. 06-13268

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…s in mainland France and the overseas departments, with the exception of those in the Department of Mayotte, is reduced by €588 million. In 2015, this allocation will be reduced by €1,450 million. In…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25-1

Net revenue losses resulting from I to V of Article 63 of Law No. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises are compensated for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-50

…ecurity Code and are paid to France Compétences, up to the ceiling provided for inArticle 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012 in the case of the contribution provided…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article L7343-22

…first paragraph; 6° Audience, measured every four years, which is assessed taking into account: a) 30% of the number of employees of the platforms that are members of the applicant organisation in re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-15

…in 3°, 4°, 8° and 11° of article D. 5151-14, declare to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, by 30 June each year at the latest, the number of hours they have worked during the previous calendar y…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

…mittents; d) Aid for creating or taking over a business as provided for in II of article 136 of law no. 96-1181 of 30 December 1996 on the finances for 1997.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-36

…organisation of care and the medical operation of the care structure referred to in Article R. 6112-30 ;3° The conditions under which detainees have access to the medical equipment located in the heal…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-148

At each committee meeting, the co-chairmen shall decide which of them shall have the casting vote in the event of a tie.If one of the co-chairmen is absent, he shall be replaced by another member of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…s relating to the performance of the credit agreement, and the conditions under which these charges may be amended; 14° Any notary's fees payable by the borrower on conclusion of the credit agreement;…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Content of the contract

Article 1165

…of services, in the absence of agreement between the parties prior to their performance, the price may be fixed by the creditor, who is responsible for giving reasons for the amount in the event of a…

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