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Showing 39013910 of 35399 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30-5-1995 n° 1107 D

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions

Article D599

This Code, as well as the decrees amending it, is applicable to the departments of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the islands of Wallis and Futuna

Article D604

For the application of the provisions of this code (simple decrees) in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the islands of Wallis and Futuna, the terms listed by articles 805 and R. 252 of this code an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-1

The applicant for registration of forgery against a document produced before the Cour de cassation, whose application is rejected by the first president, shall be ordered, unless expressly exempted, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-67

The number of compensable hours that an industrial tribunal member may claim to have devoted to drafting decisions that are clearly linked, in particular because of the identity of a party, the subjec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: One-off assistance for apprentice employers

Article D6243-2

I.-The aid is granted for the first year of the apprenticeship contract. II - The maximum amount is 6,000 euros. III-The aid is paid before the employer pays the salary and each month pending the data…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-40

The budget is the instrument by which the annual revenue and expenditure required to carry out the tasks defined in article L. 6431-4 are forecast and authorised. The revenue estimates and expenditure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-6

I. - For offences for non-payment of tolls recorded by sworn agents of the operator of a motorway or road structure open to public traffic and subject to tolls, including in the context of Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

The Board of Directors meets at least four times a year, convened by its Chairman. It may also meet at the request of the Minister for Employment, the Managing Director of the Agency or half of its me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-5

The rights provided for in article L. 342-1 take effect upon completion of the manufacture of the database. They expire fifteen years after 1 January of the calendar year following that of such comple…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-5

The portfolio management companies referred to in Article L. 532-9, which provide the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 or register the units or shares of the undertakings for collec…

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