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Showing 57715780 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-4

…one hundred employees or their representatives, from at least two undertakings or establishments located in at least two different States referred to in Article L. 2341-1. No employee may be penalise…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-5

…mstances and at the reasoned request of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, the aforementioned period may be extended by a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the Centre nat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Prior publicity

Article R3126-4

…l gazette.It assesses whether, given the nature or value of the services or works in question, publication in a specialist journal corresponding to the economic sector concerned or in the Official Jou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-4

…ted by the depreciation charge for the year are greater than the financing requirement for the syndicate's investment section, the surplus portion may be taken from the operating section. If the appli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Processing of personal data relating to mobile electronic anti-seizure devices

Article R61-43

…of personal data known as "anti-seizure bracelet", provided for in articles 138-3 of this code, 132-45-1 of the penal codeand 515-11-1 of the code civil, the information and personal data that may be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The network.

Article R512-47

The geographical jurisdictions of the savings and provident institutions and other credit institutions or finance companies affiliated to the central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques popul…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-4

…r's legal situation, the right to sell the immovable property encumbered by this charge wherever it may be held and to be paid from the sale price without being subject to the assistance of another cr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6242-4

The State representative may suspend the application of the agreement provided for in Article D. 6242-3 when it observes serious deterioration in the operation of the teletransmission system or is pre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4227-4

Establishments have clearances such as doors, corridors, passageways, staircases and ramps, distributed in such a way as to allow rapid evacuation of all occupants in conditions of maximum safety. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41

…uthorisation holder shall submit to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé any proposed amendment to the labelling or package leaflet, other th…

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