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Showing 14411450 of 37858 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 30-4-2014 n° 13-13.641

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133-1

The data in the demolition, removal or encapsulation plan, including its amendments and the content of the information mentioned in Article R. 4412-133, are kept for ten years on the DEMAT @ MIANTE pl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-2

Persons whose data is collected on the DEMAT @ AMIANTE platform receive the information provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-1

The DEMAT @ MIANTE platform referred to in Article R. 4412-133 is used to notify the certifying bodies of the following: -every month, at the latest by a date fixed by contract between the employer an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-13

Persons who have access to the information referred to in article R. 513-10-12 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inarticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 A

…ocated to the principal dwelling that are the subject of a rent-to-own contract pursuant to the loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 defining lease-to-own property are exempt from property tax on built pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-13

At the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Regulatory Control Committee invites the defendant and, if applicable, his counsel to speak again before the Committee deliberates on the case.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-13

In the event of a dispute, the employer's refusal may be challenged directly by the employee before the industrial tribunal (Conseil de prud'hommes), ruling under the accelerated procedure on the meri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-13

The following public holidays are non-working days: 1° 1st January ; 2° Good Friday in communes with a Protestant temple or a mixed church; 3° Easter Monday ; 4° 1st May 5° 8th May ; 6° Ascension Day…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 130-1

In the event of failure to comply with the time limits set by the articles 127 and 130, the person shall be released, by order of the investigating judge hearing the case, unless his conduct has been…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-13

The application for final approval is submitted by the delegated production company after completion of the cinematographic or audiovisual work. In the case of a delegated co-production, the applicati…

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