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Showing 52715280 of 66871 articles for Art. s. 1591 and 1592 · Cass. com. 3 May 1977

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-3

…or admission to the judicial administrator traineeship shall be held at least once a year.The dates and places of the tests shall be set by the Minister of Justice and published four months before the…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Operation.

Article L2541-3

The Town Council may also decide to hold regular meetings on certain specified days; but, in this case, the matters to be discussed and decided are also, except in cases of urgency, communicated at le…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…on or loss of employment.Rights acquired in hours, in accordance with article 22 quater of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, are retained and converted in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7321-3

…y who supplies the goods or on whose behalf the orders are collected or the goods to be processed, handled or transported are received is only responsible for the application to salaried branch manage…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 ter

…ting Member State means the Member State of the European Union which makes a request for assistance and the requested Member State means the Member State of the European Union to which the request is…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Group agreements.

Article L2232-33

All the negotiations provided for by this Code at company level may be initiated and concluded at group level under the same conditions, subject to the adaptations provided for in this section. Where…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: Special rules for the award of certain concession contracts

Article L3126-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road, as amen…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-3

…statutory colleges:1° The college of staff mentioned in 1° of article 1 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13th December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospitals and university centres, made…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.

Article L943-3

The second paragraph of I of article L. 310-3 is deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.

Article L933-3

The second paragraph of I of article L. 310-3 is deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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