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Showing 70817090 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…contract are not achieved;13° The existence of the right of withdrawal provided for in Articles L. 221-18 et L. 221-20;14° The terms and conditions of termination of the contract;15° The possibility o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11-2

…hrough the transmission provided for in I of this Article. III.-Convictions whose entry in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record has been excluded pursuant to Article 775-1 of this Code may not be com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

The pay slip provided for in Article L. 3243-2 includes: 1° The name and address of the employer and, where applicable, the name of the establishment to which the employee belongs; 2° The number of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-9

…on officers, in the context of proceedings concerning one of the offences provided for in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code or articles L. 224-1 and L. 225-7 of the Internal Security Code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-20

…not subject to the contribution. Persons exempt from the authorisation provided for in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-1-1 and L. 329-1 of the Insurance Code, Articles L. 931-4 and L. 931-4-1 of the Social…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I: Definition of overall net income

Article 1 A

…not opted for the partnership tax regime under the conditions set out in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and of the managers of limited partnerships with shares and, on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

Where the employee holds a fixed-term contract, the provisions of the second and last paragraphs of article L. 1226-12 and articles L. 1226-14 to L. 1226-16, relating to the conditions for dismissal o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

The declarations provided for in articles…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-2

For the application of 5° of Article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-154

The training for the first-level "brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif" includes: - a training unit in leadership and training (minimum duration: forty hours); - a training unit in organisation (minimum…

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