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Showing 33513360 of 21140 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27 April 1993 · Cass. civ. 21 July 1937

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-15

…lling the conditions required to carry out this activity pursuant to articles L. 1254-24 to L. 1254-27.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 8: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article A322-176

Pursuant to article R. 322-27 of the French Sports Code, personal protective equipment subject to the provisions of the Sports Code, by type of item defined in annex III-3 (decrees section) of the Spo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-29

Once all the documents and information provided for in article R. 2192-27 have been received, a new payment period is opened. This period is thirty days or equal to the balance remaining on the date o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-50-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 623-27 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual monitoring procedures applicable to workers on fixed-term contracts

Article R4625-1

…r employees on permanent contracts, in particular the provisions of articles R. 4624-15 and R. 4624-27.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-5

…of the Convention relating to the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed in Rome on 18 July 1998, the liberty and custody judge may, until the person's appearance before the investigating…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

…the adaptations provided for from II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 5211-16 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-17 (with the exception of the third and sixth paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R752-4

…of IVn° 2015-1092 of 28 August 2015R. 312-20 with the exception of a) of 1° of IVn° 2023-631 of 20 July 2023R. 312-21 and R. 312-22, with the exception of the penultimate paragraph of its In° 2015-10…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedures for the exercise of judicial police functions by authorised judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-31

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-21 to R. 15-33-24 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised judicial environmental officers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers

Article L573-1

…1-2. Ia -Any natural person who manages an AIF mentioned in II or in 1° and 2° of III of article L. 214-24 without having been authorised to do so under the conditions set out in article L. 532-9 is l…

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