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Showing 59715980 of 39157 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 May 2013 – no. 12-17637

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-18

Persons registered on the lists of sworn brokers mentioned in article L. 131-12 may, in the activities reserved for these brokers, refer to their status as "courtier de marchandises assermenté près la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-37

The age conditions required by Article L. 2141-12 to benefit from gamete self-preservation with a view to subsequent medically assisted procreation are set as follows: 1° Oocytes may be retrieved from…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-28

…to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2224-7, L. 2224-7-1 and L. 2224-8 (I and II) law no. 2006-1772 of 30 December 2006 L. 2224-11 to L. 2224-11-2 law no. 2006-1772 of 30 December 2006 F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-10

A councillor who has been dismissed pursuant to article L. 1442-14 may not stand as a candidate. An appointed councillor who refuses to be installed, who is declared to have resigned or who is deemed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Use of credits by organisations

Article R2135-26

…year are returned to the fund and added to the total amount of appropriations of the same type that may be allocated for the following year. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, funds pai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Transfers of personnel and property for the installation of departmental fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1425-1

The transfers of personnel, provided for in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 and L. 1424-16 and transfers of property, as provided for in Article L. 1424-17, may be the subject of a single agreement. T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article D821-77

The period defined in the second paragraph of article L. 821-14 is set at four months from the request or initiative mentioned in the first paragraph of the same article. The period referred to in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article R315-2

The indemnity, if any, payable by the borrower, provided for in article L. 315-17, may not exceed an amount corresponding to the following terms and conditions: 1° Where the capital amount of the loan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92

The authorisation including the surgical oncology modality may only be granted to an applicant who simultaneously holds or receives the authorisation to carry out the surgical care activity provided f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: EXCEPTIONAL ADMISSION TO STAY

Article L435-1

…an considerations or is justified on the basis of the exceptional grounds he or she has put forward may be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words "employee", "temporary worker" or…

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