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Showing 50315040 of 23350 articles for Art. n° 06-16537 · Cass. com. 9 February 1999

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-19

…ement concluded at territorial level may provide for the possibility of employing employees between 9 p.m. and midnight.This agreement provides, in particular, for the benefit of employees employed be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Jurisdictional rules

Article L716-5

…idity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed in Article L. 711-2, in points 1 to 5, 9 and 10 of the I of Article L. 711-3, in point III of the same Article and in Articles L. 715-4 and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal support measures

Article 495-5

The benefits for which the children's judge has ordered the measure provided for in article 375-9-1 are automatically excluded from the judicial support measure. The persons responsible respectively f…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to shores and beaches.

Article D341-6

…ns of Articles…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-12

…distribution expenses mentioned in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L773-42

I.-Pursuant to 8° ofArticle 6-2 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following are automatically applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deregistration

Article R521-25

…the pledge of the business is also carried out in the registers determined in II of article R. 521-9, on production of a cancellation certificate issued by the registrar and which includes the same i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-15

…a recorded in the processing, unless the public prosecutor or magistrate mentioned in l'article 230-9 prescribes its retention on grounds relating to the purpose of the processing, in which case these…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-60

…ic budgetary and accounting management. In order to be enforceable, the resolutions provided for in 9°, 13° and 14° of article D. 211-59 must receive the express approval of the ministers responsible…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Draws of lots.

Article R150-15

However, companies that print the lists referred to in article R. 150-9 in print runs and by price list and make them available free of charge to any interested party on request may publish notices in…

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