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Showing 18511860 of 36126 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27 mai 1997 n° 95-15690

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic aid

Article R2251-2

…f 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding thes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons

Article L249-1

…ble, as additional penalties, to disqualification, in accordance with the provisions of Article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from holding a public office or from engaging in the professional or social…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific procedures applicable to occupational health professionals, occupational health and prevention services and occupational health services in agriculture, providing enhanced individual monitoring of a worker exposed to ionising radiation

Article R4451-86

…onal health inspector, may decide to derogate from the provisions of articles D. 4622-25 to D. 4622-27 when this is justified by the geographical distribution of workers benefiting from the individual…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-38

…ovisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 shall appear on the website of the automated processing mentioned in Article R. 6323-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…221-5 Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020Chapter III Limited liability companies Article D. 223-27 decree no. 2019-514 of 24 May 2019 Chapter V Public limited companies Article D. 225-104-1Decree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Judicial police

Article 809-2

…nch Polynesia, the civil servants and agents mentioned in Article 35 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia are deputy judicial police officers un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Limit values

Article R4453-3

…posure limit values:You can consult the table in the facsimile of OJ nº 0182 of 06/08/2016, text nº 27 at the following address https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000032974358

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-14-2

…51-3 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "of article 8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte".

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8 ter

…practice of the profession of their members and operating in accordance with the provisions of loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 modifiée sont personnellement soumis à l'impôt sur le revenu pour la p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L354-6

…ICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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