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Showing 471480 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
Subsection 2: Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article R6523-22

The provisions of sub-section 1 of this section, with the exception of article R. 6523-19, are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin subject to the following adaptations:1° The powers of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination and election of members

Article R7111-22

…resentation and the highest average, with preferential voting and without a mixture of votes. Lists may include fewer candidates than there are seats to be filled.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

…mpensation on the basis of national solidarity, under the conditions defined in II of article L. 1142-1, in article L. 1142-1-1 and in article L. 1142-17, for damage caused by the occurrence of a medi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Transfers of fixed assets between group companies

Article 223 F

…securities excluded from the system of long-term capital gains or losses in accordance with article 219 and to the transfer of securities referred to in the fifth or sixth paragraph of a ter of the I…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-22

The licence applicant, the patent owner and the licence holders or their representatives may be heard by the committee responsible for issuing the opinions provided for in articles R. 613-10 and R. 61…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Boundaries and signs

Article R4451-22

…1° For the whole body, assessed on the basis of the effective dose: 0.08 millisieverts per month; 2° For the extremities or the skin, assessed on the basis of the equivalent dose: 4 millisieverts pe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts relating to liquefied petroleum gas

Article L224-22

…together with information, set out clearly, precisely and visibly, to the effect that the consumer may, until he has expressly accepted the new terms and conditions, cancel the contract, without pena…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

…nce with the conditions for the creation of video games set out in 3° and 4° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code is verified using a points scale. This scale is made up…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-22

…d probation decisions. If the judge deems it necessary to hear the sentenced person, Article 706-71 may be applied, whether the person concerned is living in the territory of the Republic or abroad.

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