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Showing 28612870 of 21459 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 novembre 2003 n° 00-10382

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles.

Article L3253-6

…sure their employees, including those seconded abroad or expatriates referred to in article L. 5422-13, against the risk of non-payment of sums due to them under their employment contract, in the even…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Personal rehabilitation without compulsory liquidation ordered by the court hearing an appeal against the measures imposed

Article L741-7

When the protection litigation judge rules pursuant to article L. 733-13, personal recovery without judicial liquidation has the effects mentioned in article L. 741-2. However, in this case, the debts…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A sexies

I.-In the event of a change in the method for determining the rental value of an industrial building or land pursuant to articles 1499-00 A or 1500, the resulting change in rental value is subject to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

In addition to the Director, who chairs it, the person in charge of human resources management and staff representatives, the Management Committee includes a representative of the region appointed by…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-76

The functions of accounting officer for the régie are performed by the commune's accounting officer.However, when annual operating revenue exceeds €76,225, these functions may be entrusted to an accou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions applicable to clinical trials on medicinal products

Article L1124-1

…d out in sites which have been authorised in accordance with the second paragraph ofarticle L. 1121-13. Clinical trials of advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Resources

Article R121-29

The deliberations on the budget and financial account of the French Office for Immigration and Integration are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 Novemb…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…ICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 222-1 to L. 222-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Termination of concession contracts

Article L3136-4

…e cases of exclusion mentioned in articles L. 3123-1 to L. 3123-5 and articles L. 3123-7 to L. 3123-13, the conceding authority may terminate the concession contract for this reason.The operator must…

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