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Showing 49714980 of 21721 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Feb. 2022 – no. 20-11.754

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R2352-17

…have been determined in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 2351-1 to L. 2352-13, L. 2352-16 to L. 2353-25, L. 2353-27 to L. 2353-32 and L. 2354-1, shall be forwarded to the Labour Inspector…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R2353-5

…have been determined in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 2351-1 to L. 2352-13, L. 2352-16 to L. 2353-25, L. 2353-27 to L. 2353-32 and L. 2354-1, shall be forwarded to the Labour Inspector…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Preparations for the vote and voting (R)

Article R1112-6

…15° Article R. 57 relating to the public recording of the time at which the poll opens and closes; 16° Article R. 58 relating to checks on the identity of voters; 17° Article R. 59 relating to the ob…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…mercury oxycyanide and alkyl derivatives of mercury; 15° Manganese dioxide (or manganese dioxide); 16° Fluorine gas and hydrofluoric acid; 17° Iodine, solid or vapour, excluding compounds; 18° Carbon…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-21

In order to determine whether the group Solvency Capital Requirement calculated on the basis of consolidated data in accordance with Article R. 356-19 appropriately reflects the risk profile of the gr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 sexies

…he tax base for property tax on built-up properties sold from 18 September 2013 until 31 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelling located on thes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

…y 1901 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on…

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

Article L581-7

Under the conditions laid down in Article 7 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001, additional categories of displaced persons who are not referred to in the Council Decision provided for in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Surrender in application of international conventions or European Union law

Article L621-3

The provisions of article L. 621-2 when he has entered or stayed on French territory without complying with the stipulations of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 19, paragraph 1 of article 20, and paragra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-4

The professional indemnity insurance contract provided for in I of article R. 512-14 shall include obligations that may not be less than those defined below:1° The minimum level of cover under the ins…

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