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Showing 41514160 of 22131 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 27 juin 2018 n° 17-82048

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-15

…lling the conditions required to carry out this activity pursuant to articles L. 1254-24 to L. 1254-27.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-29

Once all the documents and information provided for in article R. 2192-27 have been received, a new payment period is opened. This period is thirty days or equal to the balance remaining on the date o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-50-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 623-27 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual monitoring procedures applicable to workers on fixed-term contracts

Article R4625-1

…r employees on permanent contracts, in particular the provisions of articles R. 4624-15 and R. 4624-27.

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

Article 64 A

1. Under no circumstances may State administrations, départements and communes, as well as companies granted concessions by the State, départements and communes, or any establishments or bodies whatso…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-20

The conditions for the application of articles L. 423-17 and L. 423-19 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Disappearance (R)

Article R5711-5

The provisions of article R. 5212-17 are applicable to the mixed unions defined in article L. 5711-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-107

The real estate concession (number 83 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the total amount of rent due for the duration of the lease plus charges, according to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-131

The sale to the user under a leasing transaction (number 115 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the residual value of the property, according to the following sca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-6

The certificate of ownership that is issued following the determination of the occurrence of a resolutory condition leading to the revocation of a donation pursuant to the article 960 of the civil cod…

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