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Showing 7180 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-15

…t, which has final jurisdiction.Disputes are referred to the court by means of a petition. The application is admissible only if it is made within fifteen days of the publication provided for in artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-14

For the application of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 612-23

The beneficiaries of selective financial support are publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services and rights-holding companies.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-23

Beneficiaries of selective financial aid for the publication of a programme of works are videogram publishers who have been in business for at least two years and who have a regular publishing activit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-15

…owing ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Proceeds from direct taxation/population;3° Actual operating revenue/population;4° Gross capital expenditure/population;5° Debt outstanding/p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-23

…any means which leaves a written record and establishes its authenticity. Any other official communication shall be made directly between the instructing magistrate and the executing authority.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: The automated national registry of judicial procedures and the automated processing system known as "Cassiopée".

Article R15-33-66-11

The right to object provided for in the first paragraph of Article 38 of the Act of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms does not apply to the processing provided for in this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

…n mentioned in II of Article L. 821-5 and the contributions mentioned in I and II in Article L. 821-6-1;1° bis At the justified request of debtors, to grant total or partial remission of late payment…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-23

For works belonging to the creative documentary genre, the allocation of selective financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-14

For the application of article L. 71-111-11, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be written back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the disposal of a…

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