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Showing 40514060 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-11

…if the latter dies after the formal notice. In the event of disagreement between them, the commune may require the plot to become its entire property; compensation is then paid to the estate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-11

The biologist in charge of the medical biology laboratory to which the patient has referred retains responsibility for all phases of the medical biology examination, including when one of them, in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R822-113

…es of association is attached to the declaration, which includes a list of the partners with an indication of their profession or status, as appropriate, followed, for each, by an indication of the sh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Increases

Article R7422-11

For the application of the increases mentioned in article R. 7422-10, days of the week other than Sundays and public holidays are considered to be working days. In the case of overtime, the percentage…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-11

…l of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may request from the applicant any additional information necessary for the examination of the appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: The share savings plan.

Article D221-112

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 141-7, the Banque de France collects statistical information on share savings plans from custodian-account holders, as defined by order of the Minister…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-116

The beneficiary of a job with a future is employed full-time. However, when the beneficiary's career path or situation justifies it, in particular to facilitate training, or when the nature of the job…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-11

Candidates or tenderers may send the purchaser a backup copy of the documents transmitted electronically in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister for the Economy appende…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.

Article L723-11

…ere there are seats to be filled for any reason. If, during the course of the year, the number of vacancies exceeds one third of the staff of a court, the prefect may decide that supplementary electio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Submission of applications for commercial authorisations not requiring planning permission.

Article R752-11

For projects that do not require planning permission, the application accompanied by the file must be sent to the secretariat of the departmental committee in duplicate, one of which must be in electr…

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