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Showing 57415750 of 39157 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 May 2013 – no. 12-17637

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Assignment of sums due by way of remuneration

Article R3252-48

In the event of the seizure of a sum due by way of remuneration that has been previously assigned, the court clerk will notify the assignee of the seizure deed, informing him that, pursuant to article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-23

In the cases provided for in article L. 6142-12, the ministers responsible for higher education and health shall take a decision in the light of the opinion issued by a national commission comprising…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3a: Continuing vocational training

Article R321-31-3

The Conseil des maisons de vente may receive, by virtue of agreements, sums from payments made by operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction under article 14 of the aforementioned law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11-1

With the authorisation of the public prosecutor or examining magistrate, as the case may be, elements of ongoing legal proceedings may be communicated to authorities or bodies authorised for this purp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishment and liquidation of claims.

Article L3253-20

…ts, the advance of the necessary funds from the guarantee institutions mentioned in Article L. 3253-14. In the case of safeguard proceedings, the court-appointed agent must justify to these institutio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Precautionary measures.

Article L3354-1

…t must carry out the checks provided for in article L. 234-1 of the Highway Code andarticle L. 4274-14 of the Transport Code on the person of the alleged perpetrator in order to establish proof of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-13

…tion of net investment income calculated in accordance with the rules referred to in Article A. 132-14 and, on the expenditure side, with the authorisation of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Provisions applicable to the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-2

…2224-12-4 and L. 2224-12-5 as well as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2143-3 are not applicable to the communes of the archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-23

…any administrative authority, a documentary notice citing the elements of the state of the art that may be taken into consideration to assess, within the meaning of the articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-19

…tered letter with acknowledgement of receipt in articles R. 3122-8, R. 3122-11, R. 3122-13, R. 3122-14, R. 3122-16 and R. 3122-18 may also be made by any other method of written notification, in retur…

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