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Showing 31313140 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

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

Article LO6251-13

…sentative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposals to the Government for the application of the stipulations of the treaties relating to the European Union and the European Community…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-13

…he company, subsidiary or establishment in which the employees' representatives work or, where applicable, to the management body mandated for this purpose. The managers of the companies, subsidiaries…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-13

…the company, subsidiary or establishment in which the employee representatives work or, where applicable, to the management body mandated for this purpose.The managers of the companies, subsidiaries…

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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

…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 that owns the bui…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-132

If, on expiry of the period provided for in article R. 814-130, the rightful claimants of the deceased partner have not exercised the option to transfer their author's corporate units and if no prior…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-13

…withdrawn from the market or its placing on the market made subject to special conditions. In such cases, a notice in the Official Journal of the French Republic specifies the equipment concerned and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Service contracts.

Article R5323-13

…gency sends to the public employment service agency commissioning the placement service and, in all cases, to Pôle emploi, the information relating to the jobseeker that is necessary, in particular: 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Guarantor guarantee

Article D753-13

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Availability of beneficiaries' rights

Article D3313-13

…eneficiary requests payment of the profit-sharing in accordance with the provisions of article R. 3313-12, or when the profit-sharing is allocated to an employee savings plan, the company makes this p…

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