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Showing 24112420 of 21445 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e 15 janvier 1997 n° 94-22154

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Penalties relating to consumer credit

Article L354-2

…sulting from Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 341-2 and L. 341-3 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 341-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2019-740 du 17 juillet 2019 L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-41

The provisions of this sub-section govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of the Law n° 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 and whose corporate object is the joint practice of the profession of industr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-38

…the lawyer he has freely chosen and the agreement entered into with him under the article 10 of loi n° 71-1130 du 31 décembre 1971 portant réforme de certaines professions judiciaires et juridiques.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article R1424-51

…orm the duties of a volunteer firefighter during duty time, except in the cases provided for by loi n° 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 relative au développement du volontariat dans les corps de sapeurs-pompiers.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

I. - Upon deliberation of general scope taken, each insofar as it is concerned, under the conditions provided for in l'article 1639 A bis, by the territorial authorities and their groupings with their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-19

The authorisation referred to in 2° of I of article 15-4 may only be issued to the agent benefiting from the authorisation referred to in the second paragraph of I of the same article. It shall be iss…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article L628-2

…tion and, where applicable, to the ad hoc mandate, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 611-15. The opening of proceedings is examined by the court. The initiation of proceedings is examined i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Agreements.

Article L5132-2

…2° Employers authorised to set up, for the purposes of applying the provisions of article L. 5132-15, an integration workshop or site ; 3° Organisations covered by articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1b: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article D8-6

The authorisations provided for in I of Article 15-4 shall be issued to tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to Article 28-2 by the head of the judicial police depart…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-16

…the Agency will issue an acknowledgement of receipt when the dossier referred to in Article R. 1232-15 is complete and will simultaneously send this dossier to the Minister for Research. If the dossie…

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