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Showing 47314740 of 22675 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 Jan. 2021 – no. 18-25713

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-19

Any differences in the representation of men and women mentioned in article D. 1142-16, as well as the way in which they are published, are sent to the services of the Minister for Employment using a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-276

…he partnership may be salaried or self-employed under the conditions laid down by article 18 of law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. Practice partnerships…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…ultimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justified that there are particular production or marketing difficulties re…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-10

…nd instalment will be paid once all the invoices that have been paid have been submitted by 30 June 2021 at the latest. Failing this, the direct grant already received will be repaid.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-3

…1° Several regional tourism committees in regions with more than one regional tourism committee on 13 January 1987 ; 2° A regional tourism committee common to two regions, where such a committee exis…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-4

…ommercial Code, subject to the cases of automatic termination provided for in III of article L. 622-13 of the same code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-15

…consolidated basis, continuously monitors compliance with the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 or, where applicable, Article L. 517-14. Financial holding companies, parent undertakings of fina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6125-1

…ailure to comply with the suspension or withdrawal of authorisation provided for in article L. 6122-13. In the event of a repeat offence, the penalty may be accompanied by confiscation of the equipmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R1423-49

…n an exceptional and temporary basis, and after taking the oath provided for inarticle 24 of decree no. 2015-1275 of 13 October 2015 on the special status of court registrars, be entrusted with the du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-9

…edgement of receipt, or, where applicable, via the portal mentioned in Articles L. 814-2 and L. 814-13, to each creditor concerned the information relating to the claims held by it as they result from…

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