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Showing 521530 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 Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-24

…e provisions of sub-section 1 of this section, with the exception of those of II of article R. 6523-16, of a of article R. 6523-17, of article R. 6523-18 insofar as it adds a 3° and a 4° to III of art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-24

…25 when at least one of the classified installations is on a list provided for in IV of Article L. 515-8 of the Environmental Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-5

Property assigned pursuant to Article 2488-1 may subsequently be assigned to guarantee debts other than those mentioned in the constitutive act provided that the latter expressly so provides. The sett…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

The right to renewal may not be enforced against an owner who has obtained planning permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1540

In the event of conciliation, even partial conciliation, a statement of agreement may be drawn up and signed by the parties and the conciliator. The conciliation may also be recorded in a statement si…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24

The option of choice available under articles 311-21 and 311-23 may be exercised only once.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R2122-24

Voters who are minors may, without the authorisation of their legal representative, be plaintiffs or defendants in an appeal or be concerned by such an appeal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24

Students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies have the right to organise. They may set up trade union organisations, join them and hold office. They may not suffer any prejud…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24-1

Reinstatement by decree may be obtained at any age and without a qualifying period. It is subject, for the rest, to the conditions and rules for naturalisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Internal regulations

Article L2315-24

…it by Chapter II of this Title.Except with the agreement of the employer, the internal regulations may not contain clauses imposing on it obligations which do not result from legal provisions. This a…

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