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Showing 451460 of 56934 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 27-1-2021 n° 19-26.140 FS-P

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

I.-If the expenditure incurred for the duration of the programme is less than the total amount of the contributions, excluding the amount of expenditure deducted under article L. 5212-11, the employer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of a State nursing diploma.

Article D4311-19

I.-The nursing training institutes authorised to provide education leading to the State diploma are responsible for implementing the admission procedures under the supervision of the general directors…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-27

Where it is established that parallel proceedings exist, the competent authorities of the Member States concerned shall enter into direct consultations with a view to reaching a consensus on any effec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in France of convictions and probation decisions handed down by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 764-27

Subject to the suspension of the time limit resulting from the notice given to the competent authority of the sentencing State pursuant to article 764-23, the sentence enforcement judge shall rule by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-19

I. - The following are not patentable:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-194

I. - Acts carried out in the context of a contested application for the partition of movable or immovable property, including in the case of a licitation by voluntary auction (number 37 of table 6), g…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-19

Articles R. 2241-8 to R. 2241-10, R. 2241-12 to R. 2241-15, R. 2241-17 and R. 2241-18, R. 2241-21 to R. 2241-26 and R. 2241-30, R. 2241-34 to R. 2241-36 are applicable to ski lift and conveyor service…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-19

For the application of II of article L. 228-12, the report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board shall specify the terms and conditions of the buyback, as well as the justifications and me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-19

The Minister responsible for the economy, where he is not a party to the proceedings, and the Competition Authority may present oral observations at the hearing at their request or at the request of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-19

Where the sentenced person who is not in custody does not appear for the adversarial hearing, the judge or the sentence enforcement court shall either order that the hearing be postponed to a later da…

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