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Showing 40914100 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-21

…ding to the actual performance of the duties of deputy, set in accordance with I of article L. 2123-24 depending on the population of the associated commune. The second paragraph of this Article is ap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-8

…d Chapter II, Section 1 of this Title and in Articles L. 352-1 to L. 352-1-3 and R. 352-2 to R. 352-24 as regards the Solvency Capital Requirement and the own funds eligible for cover.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-37

…n in dispute. The authority shall rule, at the end of the procedure provided for in Articles R. 331-24 to R. 331-33 and R. 331-35, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article R. 331-36.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-12

…° A commitment to comply with the conditions relating to the operator as defined in article R. 1161-24.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-22

In application of the sixth paragraph of Article L. 622-24, creditors whose claims, properly arising after the opening judgment other than those mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17, result from a succ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L774-14

…518-22 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 518-23 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 518-24 law no. 2014-617 of 13 June 2014 L. 518-24-1 with the exception of its second paragraph Law no. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-53

…at the end of the current three-year period, either in application of articles L. 145-18 to L. 145-24, or with a view to carrying out work prescribed or authorised as part of an urban renewal or prop…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-6

…1-18 concerning remuneration ;b) L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-23 concerning working conditions ;c) L. 1251-24 concerning access to collective means of transport and collective facilities.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D17

…arson) ; 4° Whether parental authority may be revoked, pursuant to articles 1 and 2 of the law of 24 July 1889; 5° Whether a decision has been taken to suspend probation or admit the offender to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Title II: CHOICE OF PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE

Article L2120-1

Depending on their value, their subject or the circumstances in which they are concluded, contracts are awarded: 1° Either without prior advertising or competitive tendering, in accordance with the co…

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