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Showing 25212530 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-22

Any measure taken pursuant to articles L. 521-19 and L. 521-20 may require the service provider to display, in a place visible from outside the place where the service is provided, all or part of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration

Article R7123-3

…y to reimburse the expenses it has advanced for the promotion and development of the model's career may exceed 20% of the amount of the salaries and remuneration payable to the model.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L154-1

…ions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-28

The provisions of articles 49, 50 and 52 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 sont applicables aux cessions et transmissions de parts sociales et à leur publicité.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to judicial supervision and house arrest applicable in cases of domestic violence

Article D32-30

When one or more of the obligations and prohibitions mentioned in Article D. 32-29 have been imposed, the victim may, if he or she expressly consents and for a specified period, be allocated a remote…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-10

…application of the procedures provided for in Articles D. 523-23-1, R. 532-25, R. 532-28 and R. 532-29.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Deductions from apprenticeship tax

Article D6241-32

The total amount of expenditure that may be deducted under article D. 6142-29 may not exceed a ceiling of 10% of the main part of the apprenticeship tax mentioned in I of article L. 6241-2 due for the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-3

…arrying out the activities mentioned in Article L. 422-1 on the date of entry into force of the loi n° 90-1052 du 26 novembre 1990 preceded may apply to be entered on the list of industrial property a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1431-6

…nmental cooperation establishments of an administrative nature are subject to the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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

Article 230-23

…ers granted to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés by the aforementioned loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, the processing of personal data is carried out under the supervision of…

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