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Showing 36913700 of 21130 articles for Art. n° 86-10357 · Cass. 1re civ. 17 January 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-9

…ents" of this book. The calculations are carried out in accordance with standards NF ISO 25639-1 of January 2009 "Terminology of the trade fair, exhibition, congress or commercial event sector.-Part 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Other appendices

Article Annexe VI

…tion and other services billed to subscribers;- presentation of a sanitation bill calculated on 1st January of the year in which the report is presented and on 1st January of the previous year, calcul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-43

…most representative organisation of the institutions mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service; For the appointment of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

…jects covered. "Current music": music falling within the scope of Article 1 of the Order of 5 May 2017 setting out the terms and conditions relating to the "Scène de Musiques Actuelles-SMAC" label. "A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-20

…payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter, in accordance with article L. 133-17, for the purpose of blocking the payment instrument, the payer shall not bear any financial conse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-23

…actual date of childbirth to the start of the maternity leave periods mentioned in articles L. 1225-17 to L. 1225-19.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2221-1

…nature. Operations likely to be managed by private companies, either by application of the law of 2-17 March 1791, or, with regard to the operation of communal public services, by virtue of concession…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2-1

The courts and magistrates mentioned in Article 706-17 may ask specialist assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in Article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures laid down i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2352-19

…ting body which decides to implement the participation arrangements provided for in Article L. 2352-17 first chooses, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2352-13, which of these forms is t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan

Article L3334-13

…onetary and Financial Code, in socially responsible companies within the meaning of article L. 3332-17-1 of this code.

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