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Showing 32213230 of 21651 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 July 2016

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Assignment of sums due by way of remuneration

Article R3252-48

…clerk will notify the assignee of the seizure deed, informing him that, pursuant to article L. 3252-12, he will join the assignee in distributing the sums seized and inviting him to produce a statemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-23

In the cases provided for in article L. 6142-12, the ministers responsible for higher education and health shall take a decision in the light of the opinion issued by a national commission comprising…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : The State representative

Article D6312-1

…te in Saint-Martin exercises his powers under the conditions set out in the décret n°2007-1072 of 6 July 2007 relating to the representative of the State in the collectivity of Saint-Martin.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-3

All medicinal products are fitted with the tamper-evident device referred to in Article R. 5121-138-2. However, this device is not compulsory for medicinal products on the list set out in Annex I to C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-5

…atory, in accordance with the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/573 of 6 June 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article L4414-7

…00,000 F in 2001,146,351,040 euros in 2002,164,644,920 euros in 2003,182,938,800 euros from 2004 to 2016 and 212,938,800 euros in 2017 and subsequent years.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Provisions applicable to the communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-2

The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-22 and the articles L. 2224-12-3-1, L. 2224-12-4 and L. 2224-12-5 as well as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2143-3 are not applicable to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-39

…he close of the case or proceedings on presentation of the detailed account provided for in article 12 of décret n° 2005-790 du 12 juillet 2005 relatif aux règles de déontologie de la profession d'avo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Special provisions for works of art

Article L1616-1

…amount of the investment to the insertion of works of art in all buildings that were subject, on 23 July 1983, the date of publication of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law no. 83-8 of 7…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-8

…atment of candidates and transparency of procedures defined in Article 1 of Order No 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 on public contracts.The national councils of the orders may set up among themselves a cent…

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