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Showing 46514660 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-24

…of the communes making up the public establishment, the allocations provided for in article L. 234-13 of the code des communes, as it stood prior to the loi n° 93-1436 du 31 décembre 1993 portant réf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Article L5211-3

…lan contract for the development of vocational training and guidance defined in I of article L. 214-13 of the Education Code. It promotes the efficient use of the various schemes by facilitating coord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

…preparations referred to in Article L. 1243-1 ; 3° Xenogenic cell therapy preparations mentioned in 13° of Article L. 5121-1; 4° Medical devices incorporating products of human or animal origin or in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-70

The sentence enforcement judge may grant the detainee permission to leave under mobile electronic surveillance for one or more days in order to maintain family ties or to prepare for the end of the de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-5

…as provided for in Articles R. 5124-6, R. 5124-7, R. 5124-10, R. 5124-10-1, R. 5124-10-2, R. 5124-13 and R. 5124-14 , as well as the content of the file attached to the application, are laid down by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration.

Article R6152-514

…Subject to the provisions of articles R. 6152-506, R. 6152-517 and article 25 of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and the regulatory provisions adopted…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-9

In addition to the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, at the written request of a person authorised to use a geographical indication or of any organisati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

…servicemen who died during their participation in an operation mentioned in 2° or 3° of article L. 4138-3-1 of the Defence Code or, within three years of the end of these operations, from wounds recei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Automatic registrations

Article R123-122

…ve coordination proceedings pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter V of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings; 3° The decision pronouncing the closure of the professional reco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to the resolution of banking crises

Article R613-46-6

I.-Pursuant to X of Article L. 613-44, the persons referred to in Article L. 613-34 shall communicate: 1° The amounts of own funds which, where applicable, satisfy the conditions referred to in 2° of…

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