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Showing 16011610 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4152-2

Independently of the provisions relating to breastfeeding set out in articles L. 1225-31 and R. 4152-13 et seq, pregnant or breastfeeding women must be able to rest in a lying position, under appropri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-38

…ot yet authorised at the close of the financial year and for which the service has been rendered at 31 December, and shall charge it to the outturn for that financial year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-5

For decisions to grant pre-production production aid that lapse between 1 August 2020 and 31 August 2021, the extension provided for in the second sentence of article 211-104 is extended to two years.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2563-2-2

…a first numbering operation is carried out, half of the cost of the operation, if completed before 31 December 2008, is subject to financial compensation in the form of an exceptional grant paid by t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-1-1

Infringements of the first paragraph of article 3 of law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 on subcontracting are recorded by the agents mentioned in article L. 8271-1-2. These offences are punishable by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-52

…l or technical information necessary for the exercise of the control referred to in article L. 2224-31.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-38

…le R. 811-27 is examined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 811-29 and R. 811-31 to R. 811-35.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-21

…ster for Employment, for approval, the draft distribution of contributions for the current year, by 31 March each year at the latest. It shall also send him the report on the use of contributions for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-34

…is not obliged to offer parts from the circular economy in the case provided for by article R. 224-31. Where the trader has a website, the information referred to in the second paragraph appears clea…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-35

…that the supply of these parts is made subject to the exception provided for in the article R. 224-31 du code de la consommation.

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