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Showing 23612370 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article R722-5

…n maintenance debts. It specifies that the suspension or prohibition takes effect, depending on the case, until approval of the conventional recovery plan provided for in article L. 732-1, until the d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Budgetary and accounting provisions

Article D4425-51

The accounting officer of the Corsican regional authority is solely responsible for: 1° Taking all necessary steps for the collection of income, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax measures

Article D7233-5

…of the French General Tax Code, subject to the following conditions: 1° The total amount of small-scale DIY work is capped at 500 euros per year per tax household. The duration of a small-scale DIY j…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-5

…511-52, L. 511-53, L. 533-25, L. 533-26, L. 533-27 and the regulatory texts adopted for their application. They shall also ensure that their subsidiaries properly apply the governance provisions set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5

Doctors responsible for collecting nominative medical data or for processing files containing such data are subject to the obligation of secrecy, breach of which is punishable in accordance with artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-57

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-73, the employer may refuse to grant international solidarity leave if it establishes that the number of employees, per establishment, alrea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Asset management

Article R3213-5

…in reinvestment. The funds are remitted at the request of the seller and on production of a certificate from the notary certifying the completion of the re-investment assignment entrusted to him. Thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to all activities

Article R4424-5

For activities involving pathogenic biological agents, the employer : 1° Provide workers with means of personal protection, in particular appropriate protective clothing; 2° Ensure that the means of p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Resources and means

Article R1233-5

…environment, mobility and development) or his representative; 5° The Chief Executive Officer of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations or his representative; It meets at least once a year. It meets at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, except in the cases provided for in article 56-1-2 of this code.On pain of nullity, correspondence with a journali…

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