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Showing 25112520 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-11

…isk third countries identified by the European Commission pursuant to Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of 20 May 2015. II.-The Minister responsible for the economy may adopt the measures mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-113

In undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer may refuse the leave or the change to part-time work:1° If, after consulting the Social and Economic Committee, the employer consid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recognition of acquired skills

Article L5134-117

…sional experience or a validation of acquired experience as provided for in article L. 6411-1. They may also be the subject of a certification registered in the national register of professional certi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-11

…et de résolution within a period set by the letter referred to in Article R. 613-10. This deadline may not be less than three days. The representative of the institution or undertaking is summoned to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article D2362-11

…didates include as many names as there are seats for France on the special negotiating body. Voting may take place separately at the premises of each legal entity or natural person, subsidiary or esta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONTENT OF PROTECTION

Article L561-11

…ry of subsidiary protection, present on French territory, who is not eligible for asylum protection may be issued with the travel document provided for in article L. 561-10.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-11

The sentence enforcement judge may, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the sentenced person, and after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor, modify the conditions for carrying…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-10

A guardianship judge hearing a minor's case may check with the juvenile court judge whether educational assistance proceedings have been opened and ask the latter to send him a copy of the documents i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Abolition of replacement income.

Article R5426-11

…f the jobseeker concerned wishes to contest the decision to withdraw the replacement income, he/she may initiate mediation with the Pôle emploi regional mediator under the conditions set out in Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-11

…left the cooperative. The board of directors, the supervisory board or the management, as the case may be, may, for a maximum of five years, retain all or part of the sums due to the former member, p…

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