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Showing 48914900 of 38608 articles for Art. n° 02-926 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 May 2007

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-12

…pporting documents provided for the implementation of the provisions of Articles L. 526-8 to L. 526-10. The procedures for this declaration and the consequences that may be drawn from it are set by or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-74

Surpluses distributable in accordance with articles R. 322-77 and R. 322-106 are allocated on a priority basis to early repayment of the loan mentioned in article R. 322-49 in proportion to the subscr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the municipal council.

Article L2541-11

…own council referred to in article L. 2541-9 and against the finding referred to in Article L. 2541-10 is brought before the administrative court within ten days of the date on which the contested dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-15

…sional trained and competent under the conditions defined in articles D. 4364-8, D. 4364-9, D. 4364-10 and D. 4364-11 on the days and during the hours when patients receive technical care. This profes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-22

…isions relating to the periodicity of the professional transition leave, set out in article R. 6323-10-3, do not apply to the holder of a savings passbook and his or her employed spouse, partner linke…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work

Article L421-35

…424-3, L. 424-4, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-6, L. 426-7 or L. 426-10. In all other cases, they may apply for a temporary residence permit, the resident permit provide…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

Except in the cases listed in the Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 3324-10, shares or units acquired on behalf of employees and former employees are delivered to them at the end of a m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-1

…cs and technology, human resources, training, administration and finance.These services and centres may be organised within groupings, themselves organised within sub-directorates, which carry out ope…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-9

…ts for inter-municipal cooperation are counted by the commission set up in article 18 of the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administration des s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-4

…fender of his or her rights and containing the following information: You are informed that: 1. You may exercise a right of access and rectification when information concerning you is subject to autom…

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