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Showing 13011310 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Examination of projects on behalf of unauthorised buyers

Article R2212-13

In order to examine the project, the responsible minister(s) may call upon the services of another minister, a public interest grouping or a public establishment, in compliance with the legislative an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Mutual funds

Article 137 bis

…mutual fund, excluding the distributions mentioned in 7 and 7a of II of article 150-0 A and the allocation of mutual fund units received as part of a demerger carried out pursuant to the second paragr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-13

Employees of intermediary associations are entitled to continuing vocational training: 1° Either on the employer's initiative, as part of the association's training plan or work-linked training scheme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

…ional auditing standards adopted by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 2006/43/EC of 17 May 2006 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated ac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-13

The insurance company shall inform policyholders of life insurance and capitalisation contracts not covered by Article L. 141-1 and comprising units of account made up of shares in a company referred…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-4

…fits the co-debtors.The oath referred to the surety benefits the principal debtor.In these last two cases, the oath of the joint and several debtor or of the surety benefits the other co-debtors or th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-13

…y to public order or public morality.The withdrawal decision is taken by the Prefect or, where applicable, the Police Prefect, after the supporters' association has been informed of the reasons for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-13

…he event of an emergency at the request of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposals to the Government for the application of the stipulations of the treaties relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-13

…ve been obtained within one month of the referral. This period is reduced to fifteen days in urgent cases at the request of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-13

…ng to the State or the département is made available, the establishments referred to in article L. 3221-4 may only carry out enlargement or demolition work with the agreement of the local authority th…

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