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Showing 861870 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-60

…ies, an industrial tribunal member paid solely on commission will receive an hourly allowance equal to 1/1,607 of the professional income declared to the tax authorities the previous year. To this end…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L931-13

A article L. 145-13, the words: "subject to the provisions of the loi du 28 mai 1943 relative à l'application aux étrangers des lois en matière de baux à loyer et de baux à ferme" are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-14

Article L. 145-35 is amended as follows: I.-In the first paragraph, the word: "départementale" is deleted; II.-The last paragraph is worded as follows: "The composition of the commission, the method o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-13

Article L. 145-35 is amended as follows: I.-In the first paragraph, the word: "départementale" is deleted; II.-The last paragraph is worded as follows: "The composition of the commission, the method o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article D133-60

The rules relating to demographic upgrading for municipalities which have obtained the classification mentioned in article L. 133-17 and which have a tourist population are set by decree no. 91-875 of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 38

…party raises lack of jurisdiction, may either rule only on the original claim or refer the parties to litigate the whole before the court having jurisdiction to hear the incidental claim. However, wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter X: Sanitary cutting fees

Article 302 bis S

Any person who carries out bone-in meat cutting operations pays a cutting health fee to the State. The fee is collected from the slaughterer, third-party slaughterer or wild game processing plant that…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Termination of proceedings.

Article 384

…ept in cases where this effect results from the judgment, proceedings are extinguished incidentally to the action by the effect of a settlement, acquiescence, discontinuance of the action or, in non-t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Termination of proceedings.

Article 385

…by the effect of the lapse of time, the discontinuance of the proceedings or the lapse of the summons.In these cases, the finding that the proceedings are extinguished and that the court is no longer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-12

The first paragraph of article

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