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Showing 19912000 of 57637 articles for Art. Law 89-462 of 6 July 1989

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

Article R5211-13-6

The price of real estate acquisitions made out of court in accordance with the rules of civil law or after exercising the right of pre-emption on behalf of public establishments for inter-municipal co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-6

Objects abandoned on the departure or death of their owners in one of the establishments mentioned in article L. 1113-1 are deposited in the hands of agents appointed for this purpose or a public acco…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article L160-6

The requisition of ownership of all or part of an item of movable property entails ipso jure, within the limits of the requisition, the cancellation or reduction of the insurance contracts relating to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-6

Articles L. 422-1 to L. 422-5 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings and assignment of remuneration

Article R722-6

The commission or the clerk's office of the judicial court, as the case may be, shall notify the admissibility decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or delivered against recei…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-6

…ration the opinion and indications or proposals issued by the occupational physician in application of articles L. 4624-2 to L. 4624-4. In the event of refusal, the employer shall inform the worker an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R811-65

The Chairman of the National Council summons the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt within fifteen days of the referral and at least eight days before the date of the mediati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R811-66

The Chairman of the National Council, after hearing the parties concerned and gathering all relevant information, shall propose a solution to the dispute if the parties have been unable to reach an ag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R811-64

The President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires shall be seised as mediator of any dispute arising from the performance of the employment contract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Monitoring the state of health of mannequins in the workplace

Article R7123-6

The implementation of the derogation mentioned in article R. 7123-5 is subject to the conclusion and extension of a branch agreement, providing in particular for the methods of distributing the financ…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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