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Showing 36213630 of 67236 articles for Art. L 321-3 and L 321-4

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-3

In addition to actions governed by articles 1792-3, 1792-4-1 and 1792-4-2, liability actions directed against builders designated in articles 1792 and 1792-1 and their subcontractors lapse after ten y…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article R621-35-4

The controller of connection data requests or, where applicable, his deputy, receive an allowance the amount of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for the economy, the budget and the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Activity and positions.

Article R6152-418-3

A contractual practitioner holding a fixed-term contract concluded on the basis of article R. 6152-402 is entitled to : 1° Annual leave under the conditions laid down in the Labour Code ; 2° Sick leav…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account

Article L6323-33

The personal training account of the beneficiary of a work support and assistance contract referred to inarticle L. 311-4 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-1

By way of derogation from the sixth paragraph ofArticle L. 2131-4, and subject to having exhausted all the possibilities offered by Articles L. 1241-1 to L. 1241-7, pre-implantation diagnosis may also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Drinks outlets.

Article L3352-3

A fine of €3,750 shall be imposed for opening a café, cabaret or on-trade drinks outlet selling alcohol: 1° Without making the declaration provided for in article L. 3332-3 at least fifteen days in ad…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-31

The following are exempt from the tourist tax: 1° Minors; 2° Holders of a seasonal employment contract employed in the municipality; 3° Persons benefiting from emergency accommodation or temporary reh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-39

When the user undertaking continues to employ a temporary employee after the end of his assignment without having concluded an employment contract with him or without a new secondment contract, this e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-33

In the event of a free distribution of shares, new preference shares without voting rights and with the same rights as the investment certificates must be created and delivered free of charge to the o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35

In the event of an issue of bonds convertible into shares, the holders of the investment certificates shall have, in proportion to the number of shares they own, a preferential right to their irreduci…

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