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Showing 54115420 of 21886 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 11 July 2012 – no. 11-12161

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-7-2

…appointed and assigned in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-8 and R. 6152-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-14

…benefit pension commitments meeting the characteristics of the schemes mentioned in Articles L. 137-11 and L. 137-11-2 of the Social Security Code; 7° Where the company grants conditional commitments…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-9

The rights granted by the law of 14 July 1866 and the article L. 123-8 to the heirs and successors in title of authors, composers or artists are extended by a period equal to that which elapsed betwee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-18

…the event of the dissolution of the issuing association, subject to the provisions of the law of 1 July 1901 relating to the contract of association and articles 21 to 79 of the local civil code appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article R4424-2

…last paragraph of article L. 4424-2 include the investment and operating expenses listed in Decree no. 85-269 of 25 February 1985 setting the list of educational expenses to be borne by the State in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-6

…The same applies when the authorisation is terminated for one of the reasons set out in article 494-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-16

…hin the meaning of that Article a supplementary report in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. This report shall be submitted to the body respo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-53

…s mentioned in the first paragraph of this article is paid by the bodies mentioned inarticle L. 723-11 of the rural and maritime fishing code andarticle L. 225-1-1 of the social security code to Franc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-21

…rder merger; 10° The articles of association of the company resulting from the cross-border merger; 11° Where appropriate, information on the procedures by which arrangements are made for the involvem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-1

…who does not take part in a deliberation or who abstains from sitting pursuant to article 12 of law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and i…

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