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Showing 17111720 of 19721 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 22 August 2018

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-1

…In accordance with the provisions of X of Article 40 and III ofArticle 10 of Order No. 2017-1387 of 22 September 2017, the provisions resulting from Article 10 of said Order and requiring implementing…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L311-2

…French territory entered in the Schengen Information System, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, op…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-17

In the event of the issue of preference shares under the conditions provided for in article L. 228-12, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall indicate the characteristics o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930-3

The renouncer may only request the revocation of his renunciation if: 1° The person he is entitled to inherit from does not fulfil his maintenance obligations towards him; 2° On the day the succession…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622

Revision of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour where, after conviction, a new fact occurs or a factor unknown to the court o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Supervision of the operator of a physical activity or sports establishment

Article A322-1

…exual or violent offences, to ensure that the operator of an establishment mentioned in article L. 322-1 has not been convicted of a crime or one of the offences mentioned in article L. 212-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Embryo and embryonic cell research.

Article L2443-1

Title V of Book I of this Part, as amended by Act no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021, is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2423-1

…f this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article L4420-1

…is applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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