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Showing 46714680 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-9

…od has expired and he has the documents mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article D. 8254-11, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration may order the pers…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

For the period between 19 May 2021 and 8 June 2021, the rates are set at :- 729.26% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 285.07% when the total revenue from fe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-10

…administrative authority, concluded within six months of the validation provided for inarticle L. 1237-19-3, determines, where applicable on the basis of a social and territorial impact study prescri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-10

In communes where the State police force has been instituted, the mayor remains vested with the police powers conferred on municipal administrations by article L. 2542-2 for all matters relating to 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-94

The liquid assets referred to in 9° of I of article L. 214-36 are : 1° Demand deposits made with the custodian of the real estate investment trust, which satisfy conditions 3° and 4° of article R. 214…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-8

…ent authorisations and payment appropriations, the President of the Executive Council of Martinique may, until the adoption of the budget or its settlement in the event of non-adoption of the budget,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-13

…udget revalorises this aid each year in line with changes in the minimum growth wage from 1 January 2015.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L533-10-1

…d investment services providers that provide the investment service referred to in 4 of Article L. 321-1 employ :1° A method of risk management on behalf of third parties that enables them to monitor…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article R2196-9

…where the latter individually account, unless otherwise stipulated in the contract, for more than 10% of the value of the contract and for more than 10 million euros excluding taxes.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5621-9

…on, budgets, accounts, as well as the decrees of the presidents of these public establishments.Each may publish them under its own responsibility.The documents referred to in the first paragraph, whic…

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