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Showing 401410 of 43859 articles for Art. Cass. com. 22-3-2016 n° 14-14.218

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-22

No later than 31 December of the year preceding that in respect of which the apprenticeship tax is due, the representative of the State in the region shall publish the list, communicated by the Presid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-22

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, more than half of the permanent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-22

When informed by the holder of a marketing authorisation granted under 1°, 2° or 3° of Article R. 5141-20, before the marketing of the veterinary medicinal product concerned, of the fact that for all…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L773-22

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L774-22

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment or pledging of receivables

Article R2193-22

A subcontractor who has been accepted and whose terms of payment have been approved may assign or pledge all or part of his claim, up to the amount of the services paid directly to him. A copy of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…ded for in the third paragraph of Article L. 332-11-2 of the same code, as it read prior to the loi n° 2014-1655 du 29 décembre 2014 de finances rectificative pour 2014, specifying the conditions unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-22

The Caisses de Crédit Agricole Mutuel admit as members agricultural groups or their members, communities, associations and organisations, the list of which is set by decree, as well as rural craftsmen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R742-22

When the liquidator plans to sell an asset by mutual agreement, he shall inform the debtor and the creditors by simple letter, specifying the proposed sale price and, where applicable, the specific te…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-224

Identification numbers are allocated by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques to registered legal units and their establishments: 1° Either, for companies, during the proce…

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