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Showing 741750 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 4: Operation.

Article L2353-22

The European Company Committee and its officers may be assisted by experts of their choice at any level they deem appropriate, insofar as this is necessary for the performance of their tasks. The cost…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-4

…or she is assisting, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a draft agreement, which may not be signed, on pain of nullity, before the expiry of a period of reflection lasting fifteen d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Mediation

Article L623-22

Only the applicant association may take part in mediation, under the conditions set out in the Chapter I of Title II of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-22

…e on the basis of article 706-18 by which an investigating judge decides to relinquish jurisdiction may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-22

…f the year, of staff paid by the centre and staff assigned to work at the centre but not paid by it;2° Forecasts of employment authorisations used up during the year;3° Forecasts of staff expenditure.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-22

…d to its failings or to submit its observations within a specified period. The period of suspension may not exceed one year. The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine is notified of the sus…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-22

As an exception to article R. 431-20, when the application for a residence permit is lodged with the prefecture of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the prefect of this department is competent to issue…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 7: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article L531-22

…decision in fact and in law, and the appeal procedures and deadlines must be specified. No decision may arise from silence kept by the Office..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-22

The debtor may lodge an objection by registration with the secretariat of the competent court within whose jurisdiction he is domiciled or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Discipline of sworn merchandise brokers

Article R131-22

Where justified by the urgency of the situation, the president of the judicial court may, at the request of the public prosecutor, temporarily suspend a sworn goods broker where the latter is the subj…

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