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Showing 22412250 of 20406 articles for Art. Cass. com. 21 janvier 1997 n° 94-19016

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Teaching and hospital staff.

Article L6151-1-1

In accordance witharticle L. 952-21-1 of the Education Code, article L. 952-6-2 of the same code is applicable to members of teaching and hospital staff, subject to the adaptations provided for by dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.

Article R732-4

The provisions of articles R. 722-7, R. 722-10, R. 722-18 to R. 722-20 and R. 724-1 to R. 724-21 are applicable to the elected judges of the mixed commercial courts.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-13

The central insurance companies are public limited companies which belong to the public sector by virtue of the aforementioned law no. 46-835 of 25 April 1946 and the aforementioned law no. 73-8 of 4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-25

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the Agence de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-24

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the Agence de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission to Pôle emploi of a nominative list of beneficiaries of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) and the allocation aux adultes handicapés (disabled adults' allowance)

Article R5312-37

The right to object provided for in the first paragraph of article 38 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, data files and individual liberties shall not apply to the process…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-34

The provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 6145-2 apply when the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure has not been drawn up by the Director by 1st January of the year to which it re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-14-1

…ing is in liquidation following the withdrawal of authorisation under the provisions of Article L. 421-9, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide, where appropriate, that natur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 970

The assets mentioned in article 965 placed in a trust defined in article 792-0 bis are included, for their net market value on 1st January of the tax year, as the case may be, in the assets of the set…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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