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Showing 22912300 of 19528 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 26 January 2011

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article R451-3

…Article 14(5) of amended Regulation No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the Europ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…l residential premises and premises for professional use in the municipality will be valued, from 1 January 1987, by applying the rates in force in the part of the municipal territory located outside…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article R632-9

…revocation of an expulsion decision taken, prior to the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997, by the Minister of the Interior, on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L4111-1

…ons; 3° Health, social and medico-social establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, as well as public law h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: National register of persons who lend themselves to research involving the human person

Article R1121-16

…Its implementation and procedures are determined under the conditions defined by Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. When the Data Protection…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Members of the criminal jury

Article R140

…the fixed allowance expressed in euros;S is the minimum interprofessional growth wage as fixed on 1 January of the current year.Jurors who provide evidence of a loss of part of their income from their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Copies of criminal record files

Article R73

…ns of the judicial courts for which the decrees provided for in the article 10 of Law no. 80-2 of 4 January 1980, copies of the records shall be sent by the registry to the automated national criminal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-168

…agraph of Article L. 1333-29 from among its staff, as defined inArticle 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authorities and independent public…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-108

…y the article 52 of Decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of Law n° 78-9 of 4 January 1978 amending Title IX of Book III of the Civil Code. In the case provided for in the sixth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Equalisation allowance

Article R3443-2-1

…the basis of the length of the road classified in the departmental public domain as assessed on 1st January of the year preceding the distribution, the length of road located in mountain areas being m…

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