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Showing 47014710 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R742-15-1

…n during the last three months of the traineeship. The probation report mentioned in Article R. 742-15 is submitted to the commission, by the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-13

…e Chief Executive Officer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 18°, 19° and 20° of article R. 1413-12, within the limits that it shall determine and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-7

The duration of the suspension measures mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of article L. 232-9-1 is two years. This period may be reduced by up to half, depending on the degree of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D47-1-15

Where the issuing authority has indicated in the European Investigation Decision that, because of procedural deadlines, the seriousness of the infringement or other particularly urgent circumstances,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable before the Assize Court

Article 706-132

…The assize court ruling on the appeal is then designated in accordance with articles 380-14 and 380-15. The accused and the civil party may appeal against the decision on the civil action. The appeal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Duration and implementation of professionalisation actions.

Article L6325-13

…of open-ended contracts, the positioning, assessment and support actions as well as the general, vocational and technological teaching are implemented by a training organisation or, when it has a tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-15-1

…nd within one month of the date on which it occurs, of any change in the situation declared in application of article R. 4222-3, enclosing supporting documents.Subject to II of article 5 of law no. 90…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-15-1

To draw up the responsible digital strategy mentioned in article L. 2311-1-1, the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status mentioned in the sa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-3

Article L. 533-22-1 applies to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13

The State approves structures that meet the criteria set out in article L. 5213-13-1 as adapted companies. It concludes multi-year contracts of objectives and resources with them, which are equivalent…

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