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Showing 20812090 of 19519 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 27 January 2016

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R1233-1

…nt. The accounting officer is appointed by order of the Minister responsible for the budget. From 1 January 2021, the agency will keep analytical accounts under the conditions set out in article 209 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-6

…he application in Mayotte of article R. 1233-32, the words: "of article 32 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction of working hours" are replaced by the words: "of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2321-4

…he application of this article, the fixed assets to be taken into account are those acquired from 1 January 1999.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article R2334-4

The number of social housing units is assessed at 1 January of the year preceding that for which the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant is paid. The total number of recipients of housing benef…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-15

At 1 January 2017, the Agency's endowment amounted to two billion eight hundred and seven million nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-six euros.This endowment may be increas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39-1

…ttee who, without prejudice to the cases provided for in Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, assumes that he or she is a ground for disqualification or who conscientiously conside…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Access to documents and information

Article D3171-15

…ifying that it has made the prior declaration provided for by the aforementioned law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Withdrawal and payment of resources from the Fonds de solidarité des communes de la région d'Ile-de-France (R).

Article R2531-33

…ned in II of the same article.Fund resources are allocated on the basis of the data applicable on 1 January of the current year.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-3

As stated in Article 226-27 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of identifying a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical or scientific research purposes or of taking biological trace…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article L624-3

…nd who has not replied to the judicial representative within the period mentioned in Article L. 622-27 may not appeal against the decision of the juge-commissaire where the latter confirms the proposa…

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