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Showing 46614670 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-144

…al-purpose professional fund are reserved for professional clients as referred to in article L. 533-16 and for foreign investors belonging to an equivalent category under the law of the country to whi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Contract performance conditions.

Article L1242-16

…work actually performed during the contract, regardless of its duration, if the holiday scheme applicable in the company does not allow the employee to actually take it.The amount of the allowance, ca…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-169

…tain sports is provided by the National Mountain Sports School. The National Mountain Sports School may delegate the organisation of common general training for teaching, supervision and training in m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-16

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the prohibition provided for in 1° of Article 138-3, the anti-seizure device provided for in 2° of the same article ensures the geolocation of the person wearin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-16

The Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council is convened by its President when a request for an opinion is submitted to it by the President of the Executive Council or the Preside…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-14

The processing mentioned in Article R. 1461-11 concerns categories of data from the national health data system which may not exceed the following limits:1° All individual data from the national healt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R6143-14

…cutive Board. This register is available to members of the Supervisory Board and to the public, who may consult it on site. They may also obtain copies or extracts of the minutes. Deliberations are fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-14

…securities at the request of the bondholders provided for in the first paragraph of Articles L. 236-14 and L. 236-23 is brought to the attention of the bondholders in accordance with the procedures se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the national conference

Article R 1424-60

…Fire and Rescue Services is chaired by one of its members mentioned in a, b, c, and d of article R. 1424-59, elected by them by secret ballot and by an absolute majority. If after two ballots no candi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-14

…R. 5132-10-13-1 is paid, on behalf of the State, by the Agence de services et de paiement. This aid cannot be combined with any other State-funded employment aid for the same position. In the event of…

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