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Showing 53715380 of 43491 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 Apr. 2012 – no. 11-13.527

French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R2621-3

…vehicle in categories equivalent in Saint-Barthélemy to categories M and N as defined inarticle R. 311-1 of the Highway Code , and the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article D2135-31

In application of the provisions of 3° of article L. 2135-13, the fund allocates the credits between each of the organisations mentioned in 3° of article L. 2135-12 on the basis of their audience in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-3

…5427-1, may transmit to the employer or its third party declarant within the meaning ofarticle L. 133-11 of the Social Security Code, at its request, the list of terminations of employment contracts…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-30

Any natural or legal person registered in the register referred to in article L. 141-3 must hold a financial guarantee issued by a single guarantor. The financial guarantee extends to activities carri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-3

…eval activity and the hospital coordinator(s) may be the same as those provided for in article R. 1233-7 ; 3° Have at their disposal, either directly or through agreements with other health establishm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-3

…or this purpose, to hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity; 3° They have the power to appoint or dismiss the majority of the members of the administrative, mana…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6211-3

…xtual interpretation appear in a report which includes the information mentioned in Article R. 6222-3, the identification information mentioned in Article D. 6211-2 and the identification of the signi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of posting

Article R1263-3

…licable, his individual tax identification number for the purposes of liability to value added tax; 3° The surname, first names, sex, date and place of birth, address of usual residence and nationalit…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

…ned by private law, even if they are not merchants, in respect of the claims listed in 1 of article 379, shall be disclosed in accordance with the conditions set out in 2 to 5.2. Publication is made a…

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