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Showing 57415750 of 21410 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Sept. 2022 – no. 19-26203

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seniority requirements

Article L3342-1

…provided for in the first paragraph, automatically replaces, as from the date of publication of law no. 2001-152 of 19 February 2001 on employee savings, any higher maximum seniority condition appeari…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-23

…to replicate the composition of a financial index meeting the conditions set out in I of article R. 214-32-25.A general-purpose investment fund may raise the 20% limit mentioned in the previous paragr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body referred to in Article R. 1245-1, for therapeutic purposes

Article R1245-4

…rapeutic purposes, including research involving the human person within the meaning of article L. 1121-1, elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1, shall not disclose any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 9: Transfers

Article A743-17

…d the turnover of the company concerned determined in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 621-11, according to the following scale: NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TURNOVER TRANSMISSION COSTS No employee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Making information available to the public

Article R5232-20

The information provided for in I and II of Article L. 5232-5 shall be made available in a dematerialised format, accessible free of charge and reusable in such a way as to allow aggregation. To this…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 279

…services provided by authorised spa establishments under the conditions laid down by Article L. 162-21 of the Social Security Code;b. 1° Reimbursements and remuneration paid by municipalities or their…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-1

The purpose of retailer co-operatives is to improve, through the joint efforts of their members, the conditions under which their members carry out their commercial activities. To this end, they may i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522 bis

…share is in addition to a fixed share determined in accordance with the terms set out in articles 1521, 1522 and 1636 B undecies.The incentive portion is determined by multiplying the quantity of wast…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D614-1

I.-The Financial Sector Consultative Committee comprises thirty-two members and their alternates appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy:1° One Member of Parliament, appointed by the Presid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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