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Showing 781790 of 65061 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 March 1953 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 May 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 21 July 1999 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. com. 2 June 1958 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 1971 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-20

In undertakings and groups of undertakings within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 with at least three hundred employees, as well as in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings within t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-20

…ege. The committees comprise the following three colleges: 1° The college of workers and employees; 2° The college of engineers, heads of department, technicians, supervisors and similar; 3° The colle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-23

…competent authorities of the requesting State, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may order the provisional arrest of a person claimed for extradition by the said State. After verify…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-43

The application for investment approval may initially only be submitted by the delegated production company. This application may be submitted until the cinema exhibition licence has been issued. Howe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-2

French nationals under the age of thirty-five may not make the declaration provided for in articles 23 and 23-1 above only if they are in good standing with the obligations of Book II of the National…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: The different ways in which the term of office ends.

Article 2004

The principal may revoke his power of attorney whenever he sees fit and compel, where appropriate, the agent to surrender to him either the private writing containing it, or the original of the power…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 205

…gating Chamber or by an investigating judge delegated by it for this purpose. The Public Prosecutor may at any time request the communication of the proceedings, on condition that the exhibits are ret…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-20

In temporary employment undertakings, the seniority conditions are, for temporary employees, three months to be eligible to vote and six months to be eligible to stand for election. These conditions a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-204

Dental surgeons must under no circumstances practise their profession in conditions likely to compromise the quality of the care and procedures provided or the safety of patients. In particular, he mu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 206

Subject to the provisions of articles 173-1,174 and 175, the Investigating Chamber examines the regularity of the proceedings submitted to it. If it discovers a ground for nullity, it declares the act…

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