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Showing 33413350 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
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-13

…the imprest account, they may be authorised to issue payment instruments, mentioned in article R. 1617-7, to beneficiaries designated by the local authority or its local public establishment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-5

…who is reimbursed by the regional inter-professional joint commission mentioned in article L. 6323-17-6. A decree specifies the terms and conditions under which this remuneration is paid, particularl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-17-2

…portion representing a fraction of the cost of the investments, as defined pursuant to Article L. 313-29-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the notification referred to in Article R. 313-17…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the retirement account

Article L4163-13

…of the professional prevention account who decide, from the age stipulated in II of article L. 4163-7, to allocate points to the use mentioned in 3° of I of the same article benefit from the increased…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-13

…eighth paragraphs of Article L. 1615-2, the second paragraph of Article L. 1615-3, Articles L. 1615-7, L. 1615-10, L. 1615-11 and L. 1615-12 as well as the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 1511-8 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-13

Research may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the research and compatible with the safety requirements of the persons undergoing the r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-138

After deliberation by the jury, the candidate who has failed one or more training units of the specific part may be authorised by the regional director of youth, sports and community life to follow th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-13

…rised, the issuer must open a specific bank or post office account, in accordance with article L. 1271-11, into which the funds received as consideration for the transfer of the securities are paid, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-139

…determined, after consultation with the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by order of the Minister for Health. III -Where a medicinal product…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2512-7

…lice is responsible, in the area of his jurisdiction, for the execution of the deliberations of the Paris Council and, where applicable, the arrondissement councils. The Prefect of Police, or his repr…

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