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Showing 28112820 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-8

Temporary derogations from the provisions of article L. 3134-3 may be granted by the administrative authority, in accordance with procedures laid down by regulation, when the employment of employees o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Employee privileges.

Article L625-8

…ng the existence of any other claim, the claims guaranteed by the lien established in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of the Labour Code must, by order of the official receiver,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-8

…d the State control to which it is subject; 2° The rules applicable to the Agency's contract staff; 3° The private activities which, by reason of their nature, contract staff of the agency who have ce…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-8

The freezing orders and prohibitions provided for in Articles L. 562-2, L. 562-3, L. 562-3-1, L. 562-5, L. 712-4 and L. 712-10 or the freezing measures implemented by virtue of acts taken in applicati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Security protocol.

Article R4515-8

…being carried out. Each operation which is not of a repetitive nature as defined in article R. 4515-3 gives rise to a specific safety protocol.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-8

Three months before the end of the suspension period, the secretariat of the departmental committee asks the petitioner to send it, within two months, an update of the information contained in the app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-1-1 (TO ARTICLES A. 811-25 and A. 812-24)

Article Annexe 8-1-1

I. - List of acts performed by the trainee pursuant to article A. 811-25 : - mission of assistance to the debtor in safeguard or receivership proceedings; - mission of supervision of the debtor in saf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Merger deeds

Article 816 A

I. - (Repealed).II. - The regime provided for in Article 816 is applicable, even where the transferring company is not liable for corporation tax, but only to the extent of contributions other than th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article R141-8

…or removes from the list any persons who no longer meet the conditions laid down in Articles R. 141-3 and R. 141-4 or removes from the list those who have not performed their duties under satisfactory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation conditions

Article R5125-8

…rred to in Article L. 5121-5. The pharmacy's premises are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 161-1 and L. 162-1 of the French Construction and Housing Code, unless they benefit from an exemption…

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