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Showing 61016110 of 23394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 July 2009

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements

Article D1271-4

…t may be issued by the credit institutions, institutions or services referred to in article L. 1271-9 to replace the special payment voucher.Specialised bodies authorised to issue special payment vouc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-27

…L. 612-24, the summons is sent to the person concerned in the manner provided for in article R. 612-9, at least eight days before the date of the summons. It shall remind the person summoned that he o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Appeals and disputes

Article R2316-10

…operations and to the appointment of trade union representatives as provided for in Article L. 2316-9 fall within the jurisdiction of the court of first instance, which has final jurisdiction. The pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Measures prior to carrying out an operation

Article R4451-37

…a charterer, unless otherwise stipulated in the commercial agreements drawn up under article R. 330-9 of the French Civil Aviation Code, dosimetric monitoring is the responsibility of the charterer an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R5224-1

…lare the name of the foreign national in breach of the provisions of articles L. 5221-8 and L. 5221-9 is punishable by a 5th class fine. A repeat offence under this article is punishable in accordance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Fixed-term contracts not giving rise to payment of the specific contribution based on earned income for the social security contributions of fixed-term contract holders

Article D6331-72

…onal training contracts;4° (Repealed) ;5° (Repealed) ;6° the contracts mentioned in article L. 6321-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-14

…uthorities referred to in Article L. 5131-3 may use the information referred to in Articles R. 5131-9 to 11 for the purposes of market surveillance, market analysis, evaluation and consumer informatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

…reative service providers established in France, specifying the work that will be entrusted to them;9° A provisional list of the settings emblematic of France featured in the work when it belongs to t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-3

In the cases provided for in articles 515-9 and 515-13 of the Civil Code, the matter shall be referred to the court by an application delivered or addressed to the registry. In addition to the particu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-2

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