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Showing 48314840 of 23652 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 juin 2009 n° 08-17843

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…itment and registered for more than three months as a job seeker, when recruitment took place after 9 June 1992 and before 28 May 2003;7° bis Termination of the employment contract of an employee who…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-1

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-7

I. - The conditions of professional competence set out in articles R. 519-8, R. 519-9 and R. 519-10 apply to the persons referred to in article L. 519-3-3. Where applicable, when an intermediary carri…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-2

The documents making up the application for approval referred to in article R. 312-9 are adapted to enable the departmental safety and accessibility advisory committee and, where applicable, the natio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10-1

When the persons and entities mentioned in II of Article L. 621-9 provide their services on the Internet, investigators and auditors may, in order to access the information and elements available on t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-12

…f Article 706-53-2, informing the person and providing the document provided for in Article R. 53-8-9 are made by the investigating judge who orders the entry in the file, even if the supervision meas…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

…in the course of statistical surveys carried out within the framework of Act no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 may under no circumstances be used for tax control or economic repression purposes. Authorities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-22

The trial period lengths set by articles L. 1221-19 and L. 1221-21 are mandatory, with the exception of :-shorter periods set by collective agreements concluded after the date of publication of the af…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article R141-2

…tered on the list of legal experts for the court of appeal provided for in article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts are automatically registered on the list drawn up for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-22

The other convertible instruments referred to in Article L. 511-81 that may be used for the allocation of variable remuneration are the only instruments that may be fully converted into Tier 1 core ca…

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