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Showing 10711080 of 61015 articles for Art. n° 19-23187 and Cass. com. 24 January 2018

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Availability

Article R7123-19

In particular, the availability contract shall mention: 1° The nature and characteristics of the service, in particular as regards working conditions and the foreseeable hours of employment and select…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-24

…ncil of Corsica directs the action of the territorial collectivity of Corsica, under the conditions and within the limits set by this title, particularly in the areas of economic and social developmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-24

…an end-of-assignment report with the court clerk's office, including details of his disbursements, and shall provide the president of the court with a copy of this report and a copy of the report ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assessment of doses to the general public

Article R1333-24

For the calculation of effective doses and equivalent doses, an order of the ministers responsible for radiation protection and labour defines, taking into account the effects of radionuclides on the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-19

…sibility for a particular sport, the powers conferred on the delegating federations by this section and by Articles L. 222-7, L. 222-11, L. 222-15, L. 222-16, L. 222-18, L. 222-19, L. 311-2 and L. 331…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Settlement of transfers by the Commission (R)

Article R1425-24

…y the prefect to the department, the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation and the departmental fire and rescue service concerned. The parties may submit any comments to the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: EC declaration of conformity.

Article R5221-24

…ction 5 of this Chapter. He shall specify the principles for ensuring the quality of his production and guarantee that his manufacturing process complies with these principles. The manufacturer shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-24

A magistrate, responsible for monitoring the implementation of software covered by this chapter and ensuring that data is kept up to date, appointed for this purpose by the Minister of Justice, shall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-24

…e takes place on the last day of that month. When a bill of exchange is drawn at one or more months and a half of date or sight, the whole months are counted first. If the due date is fixed at the beg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article L642-24

The liquidator may, with the authorisation of the juge-commissaire and with the debtor heard or duly summoned, compromise and settle all disputes of collective interest to the creditors, even those re…

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