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Showing 37113720 of 22033 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Oct. 2015 – no. 14-20.924

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…ecurities settlement in the European Union and on central securities depositories ;6° Regulation No 2015/847 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

…when a region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law no. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-1

…men and women on the committee is determined in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree no. 2015-354 of 27 March 2015.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4-1

In the event of dismissal in the circumstances referred to in Article L. 1226-2-1, the compensation due to the employee in respect of the termination of employment shall be paid either directly by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-9

The institutions referred to in Article L. 3253-14 shall, on request, inform all other guarantee institutions in the Member States of the European Community or the European Economic Area of the nation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A ter

…or more priority neighbourhoods for urban policy are located within the meaning of article 5 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for the city and urban cohesion.II. - The municipal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by one of these States or by a third State and recognised by a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R4221-13-5

…acting on behalf of the Minister for Health, will issue the licences provided for in articles L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2, after obtaining the opinion of the practice licence commission referred to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-11

…a minimum, by lines of business as defined in Article 55 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-31

…till due to employees and social security bodies, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 7123-21, is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

…Total delegation hours 11 à 24 1 10 10 25 à 49 2 10 20 50 à 74 4 18 72 75 à 99 5 19 95 100 à 124 6 21 126 125 à 149 7 21 147 150 à 174 8 21 168 175 à 199 9 21 189 200 à 249 10 22 220 250 à 299 11 22…

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