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Showing 47414750 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-45

…Contributions, reserves and similar receipts; 2° Investment grants; 3° Provisions and depreciation; 4° Borrowings and similar debts ; 5° The net book value of fixed assets removed from the assets; 6°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to materials and equipment

Article A322-47

…h the table below: ParametersChildrenAdultsMass of the user, m (kg) m ≤ 1515 70Minimum buoyancy (N) 304050607080100Inflatable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Territorial psychiatric communities

Article D6136-4

…objectives between its members and associates and the procedures for coordination with the primary care teams, the territorial professional health communities and the other players involved in the te…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article R774-4

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article R773-4

…provisions of 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 column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4

…ional territory, by ensuring compliance with the legal provisions and contractual stipulations applicable to employees employed by companies in the same branch of activity established on the national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article L4061-4

I. - When a healthcare professional who has ceased to be covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, applies to be entered on the roll of a professional association or on one o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

…performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural documents def…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-42

…rd extracts of judgements and settlements in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 66-136 of 4 March 1966 recover, under the same conditions as fines, the surcharge of 50% introduced for the be…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-4

Under the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 111-4, the information provided by the manufacturer or importer of movable property to the professional seller, relating to the period during…

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