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Showing 44014410 of 70794 articles for Art. R 143-1 à R 143-3 · Cass. com. 28 April 2004 · Cass. com. 20 October 1998 · Cass. com. 7 March 2000 · Cass. com. 25 February 2003 · Loi 2015-990 du 6 août 2015

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : The EC quality assurance system for supervised production

Article R4313-73

In the event of withdrawal of approval of the quality assurance system, manufacture may not continue until the manufacturer has implemented an EC quality assurance system which complies with the provi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-7

The contract may provide for additional guarantees. The provision referred to in 1° of article R. 343-3 corresponding to these guarantees is not established within the auxiliary allocation accounts re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of furniture by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-66

Persons satisfying the conditions laid down in articles R. 321-56 and R. 321-65 and wishing to establish themselves in France shall send their application for recognition of professional qualification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6 - Financial monitoring of the unemployment insurance scheme

Article L5422-25

Each year, by 15 October at the latest, the Government sends Parliament and the social partners managing the body referred to in Article L. 5427-1 a report on the financial situation of the unemployme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-28

The content of the training may be adapted where the persons concerned can provide their employer with evidence of having obtained a national diploma covering the knowledge, diligence and approaches p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-25

When filing in accordance with I of articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23, companies meeting the definition of micro-enterprises within the meaning of article L. 123-16-1, with the exception of the companie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-6-1

The actuarial function requires the persons performing it to have a degree of knowledge of actuarial and financial mathematics commensurate with the nature, scale and complexity of the risks inherent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation between sections

Article R1423-7

In the event of difficulty in allocating a case or of a dispute as to whether a section is aware of a case, the file is forwarded to the President of the industrial tribunal, who, after receiving the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R1221-9-3

The National Council is informed of the cash advance agreement to the fund for the individual right to training of local elected representatives provided for in Article L. 1621-3 by the Minister respo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3

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