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Showing 28612870 of 19528 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 26 January 2011

French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2425

…nation of the parties in accordance with the first paragraph of articles 5 and 6 of the decree of 4 January 1955. This designation does not have to be certified.In addition, in the event that the modi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20-1

…ned law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983. The establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service may opt to have their tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-1

…al. They have a specific status, provided for in particular by this title and by law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, which takes particular…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article L5218-11

…Notwithstanding article L. 5217-12, the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence benefits, from 1st January of the year following that of its creation, from a global operating allocation equal to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-77

…a local investment fund. The respective situation of these establishments is assessed either on 1st January of the year of investment, or three months prior to the date of investment.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-25

…p files are kept under seal, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 4 of the Act of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties. This storage is carried out un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of pregnancy for medical reasons

Article R2445-1

…cable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2014-32 of 14 January 2014 , subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-A.In article R. 2213-1, the words:…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

…ust 2000 or article 1 of decree no. 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 or article 1 of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002. However, where there is a derogation from this annual working time, account shall be t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-24

…regards the creation of said processing under the conditions defined by the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…23, the accounting documents mentioned in these same articles and in articles L. 232-25 and L. 232-26 ; 4° For the companies and entities mentioned in 1° of article L. 561-45-1 of the Monetary and Fi…

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