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Showing 851860 of 50178 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Dec. 2020 – no. 18-20.231

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-18

The tool mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 224-43 allows electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-18

In the event that a debt corresponding to the amount of an unpaid cheque is written off as regularisation of the payment incident pursuant to the provisions of article L. 733-17, the account-holding i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-183

…to 60,000 € 1.064% Over €60,000 0.799% b) Application for registration of the association ( article 28 annex of the code of civil procedure ) 37.73 € c) Division or devolution after dissolution Tax br…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18

…ictim's state of health: 1° Taking temperature, heartbeat and blood pressure by non-invasive means; 2° Collecting blood sugar levels by brief capillary capture or transdermal reading; 3° Administering…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-18

The votes shall be counted without delay on the day of the election at the headquarters of the body of the Association in New Caledonia or French Polynesia concerned or, failing this, at the National…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-18

…ronically. The benefit of the exemptions from social security contributions mentioned in article L. 241-10 of the Social Security Code is acquired from the first day of the month following the publica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-183

…disease" activity constitutes a specialised technical platform within the meaning of articles R. 6123-32-1 to R. 6123-32-6 and the agreements provided for in the first paragraph specify the procedure…

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

Article R561-18

…° Head of State, head of government, member of a national government or of the European Commission ;2° Member of a national parliamentary assembly or the European Parliament, member of the governing b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-18

…four weeks. The period of twenty-two weeks following childbirth is then reduced by the same amount;2° For the birth of three or more children, this period begins twenty-four weeks before the presumed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-13

…provisions of this article may not prejudice the application of the provisions of articles 831 to 832-2.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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