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Showing 29512960 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Law applicable to cross-border contracts

Article L253-1

…table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 232-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Early repayment

Article L313-48

For contracts concluded from the date of entry into force of the loi n° 99-532 du 25 juin 1999 relative à l'épargne et à la sécurité financière, no compensation is payable by the borrower in the event…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Legal system for acts taken by municipal authorities and contentious actions

Article L2541-23

…and Haut-Rhin departments that were enforceable on 3 March 1982, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-213 du 2 mars 1982 relative aux droits et libertés des communes, des départements et des régio…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L927-2

The Mayotte Chamber of Commerce and Industry recruits and manages private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the statute provided for by Law n° 52-1311 du 10 décembre 1952 rela…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Entertainment, advertising and fashion professions

Article R7523-2

For the application of article R. 7122-31 in Mayotte: 1° Le b du 1° est remplacé par les dispositions suivantes: " b) Article 1er du décret n° 98-1162 du 16 décembre 1998 et article R. 243-13 du code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-21

…1226-8 entitles the employee to compensation corresponding to the loss suffered. This compensation may not be less than the amount of salary and benefits that the employee would have received until t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-5

Undertakings authorised to operate in the classes mentioned in 20 and 22 of article R. 321-1 may be authorised to provide directly, as ancillary insurance forming part of a life insurance contract and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1757

…crease of 20%, and, where applicable, the increase for fraudulent manoeuvres mentioned in article 1729.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

…ne belongs is greater than 20% of the total number of members of this deliberative body, the latter may only deliberate on the management of current affairs or those of an urgent nature. It may not vo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to financial investments

Article A421-4-7

The composition of the guarantee fund's investment portfolio may not exceed the following ceilings: 1° 40% for all listed shares ; 2° 6% for unlisted equities ; 3° 6% for all unlisted infrastructure i…

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