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Showing 17311740 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-809-1

…R. 6152-35 and the organisation established in application of the last paragraph of article R. 6152-26, the head of the department identifies, within the framework of the department contract, on the b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…is on 11 July 2001, approved by the loi n° 2002-1305 du 29 octobre 2002 and published by the decree no. 2002-1500 of 20 December 2002;b) Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters relating to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-27

…al, without having been required to present a job protection plan in application of article L. 1233-26 or article L. 1233-28, any new redundancies envisaged during the first three months of the follow…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-18

…s federation, provided that the event is included in the calendar mentioned in 1° of article R. 131-26 ; 2° Approved sports federations, their regional or departmental bodies and their members, provid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-29

…ee and the international filing fee has not been made within the time limits set in Articles R. 614-26 and R. 614-27, the applicant is invited to pay the amount of the said fees within one month, plus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R221-4

…at least with the requirements relating to an advanced electronic signature provided for in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-7

…the budget. Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019, as amended, relating to the revenue and imprest accounts of public bod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Special employee share ownership schemes.

Article R212-6

…it-sharing are set out in Chapter II of Title IV of Book IV of the French Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-948 of 26 November 1987 determining the public companies and national corporations subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers.

Article R4532-27

…at level.If he holds one of the diplomas referred to in 1° of article R. 4532-25 or article R. 4532-26, the condition of length of service referred to in the first paragraph is reduced to two years.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R7227-27

…es are covered in accordance with the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article R. 7227-26. The reimbursement of these expenses may be combined with that provided for in article R. 7227-28…

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