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Showing 51415150 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-5

…mmission shall relieve the claimant of the foreclosure when the information provided for in Article 706-15 has not been given, when the claimant has not been able to assert his rights within the requi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-42

…orcement judge of the court in whose jurisdiction he or she is assigned. The provisions of articles 723-8 to 723-12 shall apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…imposed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by article 712-6, withdraw all or part of the sentence reductions from which he or she has benefited and order…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 I

…fts of new residential property for which planning permission has been obtained between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2016, evidenced by a notarised deed signed no later than three years after the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Chairmen and vice-chairmen

Article D1423-73

…the table below: DESIGNATION of industrial tribunals MAXIMUM NUMBER of compensable hours Conseil de Paris 52 hours per month Councils of Bobigny, Lyon, Marseille, Nanterre 60 hours per year Aix-en-Pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R3123-7

…ve the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 3123-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly working time set by article L. 3121-27 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R4135-7

…ve the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 4135-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly working time set by article L. 3121-27 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R7125-7

…which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7125-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly work…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-7

…which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7227-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly work…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-7

…omy to oversee the monitoring of the processing of company formalities, authorisations to access or carry out their activities and the recognition of professional qualifications by the single body, th…

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