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Showing 53415350 of 38223 articles for Art. Rép. Frassa: Sén. 9-3-2017 n° 23432

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-31

I.-Each year, before 31 May following the calendar year in question, the skills operators will send the Minister responsible for vocational training and France Compétences a statement, the model for w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Control and accounting

Article R6332-34

Skills operators draw up annual accounts in accordance with the accounting principles and methods defined in the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-33

Each skills operator sends the Minister responsible for vocational training the individual information relating to the beneficiaries of the apprenticeship and professionalisation contracts that it hel…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-35

For the purposes of this section, "press title" means the press organ to whose preparation the professional journalist has contributed, as well as all the variations of the title, regardless of the me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code, the contributions to the guarantee fund are based on the following conditions: 1° The contribution from insurance compa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-31

The statutory auditors' report provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-40 contains:1° A list of the agreements and commitments subject to approval by the General Meeting;2° The names of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R221-3

The information relating to the right of withdrawal referred to in 7°, 8° and 9° of Article L. 221-5 may be provided by means of the duly completed standard information notice annexed to this code.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-3

For contracts taken out by a person subject to compulsory insurance by virtue of this title, and without prejudice to the possibilities of cancellation mentioned in articles L. 113-3, L. 113-4, L. 113…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial provisions

Article D5334-3

The advisory commission provided for in Article L. 5334-6 is composed as follows: 1° The prefect of the department in which the headquarters of the new conurbation union is located or his representati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 112-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 112-2 and in accordance with procedures defined by decree, the following may be indexed t…

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