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Showing 54515460 of 37434 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-68

…ption of private individuals, under the fixed-term employment contracts provided for in article L. 1242-3, renewable once by way of derogation from article L. 1243-13, and the temporary employment con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preparation of dossiers

Article R1261-21

…o the information contained in the file mentioned in I during the implementation of the project. He may refer these changes to the Ethics, Science and Education Committee for its opinion. He may suspe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7

…n intended to take account of the costs associated with the size of its population.With effect from 2011, this basic allocation is equal for each commune to the product of its population by an amount…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29-1

…efect of the department in which the property designated in the commission is located.The following may not be approved as private rangers:1° Persons whose behaviour is incompatible with the performan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-4

I.-Each competent authority shall ensure that the persons reporting to it and mentioned in Articles L. 1451-1 and L. 1452-3 comply with the obligations to declare links of interest and to prevent conf…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Time limit for applying for a residence permit

Article R431-5

…foreign national mentioned in Articles L. 421-23, L. 421-30 to L. 421-33, L. 423-15, L. 423-22, L. 424-1, L. 426-1 ; 3° At the latest, two months after the date of their eighteenth birthday, if they d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is the consolidated resolution authority

Article L613-60-2

…e competent resolution authorities of the subsidiaries concerned. To this end, the resolution board may seek mediation from the European Banking Authority pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9

…ncident relating to its use and the measures to be taken in such cases, the marketing authorisation may be granted to an applicant who demonstrates that it is unable to provide complete information on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-9

…informs the person entered in the file that the State administrations mentioned in article R. 53-8-24 may directly query the file pursuant to the first paragraph of 3° of Article 706-53-7. The model…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B undecies

…and 1609 quater vote on the rate of this tax under the conditions set out in Article 1639 A.2. They may define, under the conditions provided for in 1 of II of Article 1639 A bis, areas for the collec…

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