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Showing 18611870 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-8

…EU status granted by France pursuant to articles L. 421-12, L. 421-25, L. 424-5, L. 424-14 or L. 426-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of activity as a live performance entrepreneur

Article L7122-8

The administrations and bodies concerned shall provide the administrative authority competent to issue the declaration receipt with all information relating to the situation of the entertainment promo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal.

Article D49-8

The first president of the court of appeal shall designate by order, after consulting the general assembly of judges, the president or the councillor of the court of appeal responsible for presiding o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: External company health, safety and working conditions committee.

Article R4514-8

The social and economic committee of the external company shall, if it deems it necessary, appoint one or more of its members belonging to the staff delegation to take part in inspections and periodic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Advice centres for the validation of prior learning

Article D6111-8

…ls of the centres providing advice on the validation of prior learning mentioned in I of article L. 6111-3 to the national dematerialised portal dedicated to the validation of prior learning.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers

Article D7233-8

The maximum amount of financial assistance is set at €1,830 per calendar year and per beneficiary.This maximum amount is revised annually, by joint order of the ministers responsible for the economy a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for setting up a regional hospital grouping

Article R6132-8

Where a regional hospital grouping includes establishments located in several regions, the director general of the regional health agency responsible is the director general of the regional hospital g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Doctors and pharmacists practising in university hospital centres

Article R6213-8

…Education and Research may, after obtaining the opinion of the committee referred to in Article L. 6213-12, in its formation provided for in Article R. 6213-19, individually authorise the persons ref…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 10: Charges for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports activities

Article L2333-81

A fee for access to the collective facilities and services of a Nordic site dedicated to the practice of cross-country skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing and intended to e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…cial representative or a profession provided for in titre IV bis of the aforementioned law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the acquisition of premises for this practice. An agent may also act as man…

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