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Showing 781790 of 36671 articles for Art. n° 17-18143 · Cass. com. 4 January 2023

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-17

…e support fund created by the'article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the metropolitan authority may deduct from this outstanding debt the amount of the claim still to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-17

…d consulted; 3° The procedures for identifying oneself in order to take cognisance of the decision; 4° The period of time after which, if the decision is not consulted, it is deemed to have been notif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-17

When, for three consecutive years, the number of deaths in a municipality has exceeded the average mortality figure for France, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will carry out a surv…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

…ovided for in this Code are without prejudice to passengers' rights under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, Regulation (EC) No 392/2009, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010, Regulation (EU) No 181/2011, Regulatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-17

…mentioned in 2° of article L. 2312-36. This negotiation also covers the application of article L. 241-3-1 of the Social Security Code and the conditions under which the employer may pay all or part o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-17

I.-Conforming to article L. 425-4 of the town planning code, the applicant, the State representative in the department, any member of the departmental commercial development commission, any profession…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R511-17

I. - The rules limiting the number of directorships provided for in II to IV of article L. 511-52 apply within a credit institution or finance company that meets one of the following conditions:1° The…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

…g to the permanent and ongoing exploitation of a book published in printed form and in digital form;4° From Article L. 132-17-3 relating to the rendering of accounts in order to specify the form of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 B

…a société de libre partenariat which has included in the declaration provided for in I of Article 242 quinquies erroneous information leading to the concealment of non-compliance with the 50% quota p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company

Article R123-171-1

The notice provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE) of 8 October 2001, in the event of the registration and deletion of a European…

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