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Showing 12211230 of 59235 articles for Art. Cass. com. avis 1-12-2021 n° 20-15.164 FS-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of pharmacies

Article R5090-12

The provisions of this book relating to sociétés d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine are applicable in the overseas territories and Mayotte.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1251-12

The agreement or the extended branch agreement of the user company may set the total duration of the assignment contract. This duration may neither have the purpose nor the effect of permanently filli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract

Article L1254-12

The total duration of the fixed-term contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into account any renewals under the conditions set out in Article L. 1254-17.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-12

When calculating claims arising from reinsurance contracts and securitisation vehicles, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall comply with Articles L. 351-2 and R. 351-2 to R. 351-11. They take…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-12

Works and supply contracts awarded by the Institute are governed by the legislative and regulatory provisions applicable to State contracts.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-12

On-site inspections by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may be extended to the legal entities referred to in Article L. 612-26 located in another Member State of the European Union…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-12

The single body shall inform the registrant of any technical difficulties concerning the sending of its file by it to the recipient bodies or, where applicable, to the authorities authorised to issue…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-12

The term of the renewed lease is nine years unless the parties agree to a longer term. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 145-4 are applicable during the renewed lease. Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-12

For housing owned by the municipality, the mayor of the municipality provides the borough mayors or the municipal commission with the information mentioned in articles R. 2511-8, R. 2511-9 and R. 2511…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-12

The opinion of the competent State authority is deemed to have been given at the end of a period of one month from the date of referral to that authority.

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