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Showing 22912300 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Termination of proceedings

Article 807-2

…perative part only those claims that are the subject of the partial closure provided for in article 807-1. The court may order provisional enforcement, under the conditions of articles 515 to 517-4.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General powers

Article L2312-8

…ize or structure of the workforce; 2° Changes to the economic or legal organisation of the company; 3° Employment and working conditions, in particular working hours, and vocational training; 4° The i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Disclosure of criteria and implementation procedures

Article R2352-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, the award criteria shall be weighted or, where weighting is not possible for objective reasons, shall be indicated in descending order…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-8

…be signed between the intermediary association and one of the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5132-3, defining in particular the conditions for recruiting, making available and training employees…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Rural solidarity grant.

Article R2334-8

The amount received by a municipality under 1° of article L. 2334-22 is equal to the product of its population multiplied by the relative difference between the average per capita financial potential…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-8

Within sixty days, the community council deliberates on the operations for which the urban community assumes responsibility as well as on the conditions of their financing. It also sets the list of op…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1161-8

…the European Commission, in particular as part of the risk management plans provided for either in 3° of Article R. 5121-25 and Article R. 5121-37-2, or in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-8

…that all its activities and establishments are covered by a certification as defined in article L. 433-3 of the Consumer Code. This certification must be based on a personal services reference framewo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Investigation.

Article R463-8

For the application of article L. 464-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 462-8, the general rapporteur may set deadlines for the production of statements, supporting documents or obse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-8

…and data recorded in the file to the magistrates and staff referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 128-2 and, on the other hand, access to consultation of this file by the registrars of the civil court…

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