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Showing 90119020 of 24728 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 10-27.701

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…as well as the right to limit processing, provided for in Articles 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 may be exercised with the public interest group mentioned in the first paragraph of Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-24

…1 of this section, with the exception of those of II of article R. 6523-16, of a of article R. 6523-17, of article R. 6523-18 insofar as it adds a 3° and a 4° to III of article R. 6123-3, of article R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…ments relating to this scheme referred to in articles L. 526-7 to L. 526-11 and L. 526-14 to L. 526-17. A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the information and documents that must be registered or filed…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…raph, on an experimental basis and for a period of three years from the date of promulgation of law no. du aimed at democratising sport in France, the representative of the State in the département or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-4

…racting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted;4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2671-4

…racting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted;4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to Articles 1741 to 1743,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exchange of information

Article L561-29-1

…and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, in accordance with articles 122 and 123 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978. The decision to communicate information to a foreign financial intellig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

…le L. 212-32 of this code;3° Average sales are determined :a) For cinemas opened before 1 January 2017, by taking into account the period between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2019;b) For cinemas ope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…in the schedule provided for in Article L. 123-12, the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 233-17 are exempt from the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts and a report on the management of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-3

…the confidentiality of the data that is not made public. It shall comply with the provisions of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties by complet…

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