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Showing 591600 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-26

Each year, as part of the preparation of the budget of the Corsican regional authority, the president of the economic, social, environmental and cultural council draws up a project relating to the app…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-26

The information mentioned in article L. 312-62 is presented in accordance with the document attached as an appendix to this code. The creditor shall provide this information to the consumer prior to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article R4321-26

…no response is received for more than four months to a request for dispensation from teaching, clinical placements or qualifying examinations as referred to in article D. 4321-17, this will be deemed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-26

Where a company or establishment normally employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies over a period of three consecutive months involving a total of more than ten employees, but no more t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R123-268

…f documents by a person, only one of them is referred to by the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, in accordance with the following procedures: 1° The clerk of the commercial court or of the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R123-269

The results of the checks carried out pursuant to Article L. 123-40 are brought to the attention of the keeper of the National Register of Companies without delay through the intermediary of the singl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R123-267

…ing of which in the National Register of Companies are subject to validation pursuant to article L. 123-39, are transmitted to the authority responsible for validation by the single body mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article L7227-26

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 7227-1 et L. 7227-2 is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining entitlement to social benefits.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Economic aid.

Article D2573-26

…o the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article R. 2251-2, after the word: "representative" is inserted the word: "locally".

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

…Banking and financial transactions:a.The granting and negotiation of loans, the management of loans carried out by the person who granted them, securities lending carried out under the conditions prov…

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