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Showing 12011210 of 56403 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. 12-1-2022

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan

Article L3334-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of 2° of article L. 3332-15, the collective retirement savings plan may not provide for the acquisition of units in mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165 of the Mo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-12

Bonds issued by the associations referred to in Article L. 213-8 may be offered to the public. In this case, it is subject to supervision by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) under the conditi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

I.- Measures aimed at quarantining people likely to be affected may only apply to people who, having stayed in an area where the infection is circulating during the previous month, enter French territ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-12

The rules relating to the compatibility of the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 with territorial coherence schemes are set out in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-12-1

The court-appointed administrator shall be allocated, in respect of the work he has carried out in connection with the new cash contributions provided for in L. 626-10, a fee, the maximum amount of wh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractitioners (R).

Article D2223-123-1

Candidates for the national thanatopractor diploma must send the training body the medical certificate drawn up under the conditions mentioned in articles R. 3111-4-1 or R. 3111-4-2 of the Public Heal…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conference of conciliators

Article R141-12

Meeting on the initiative of the oldest member, the Conciliators' Conference chooses a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman from among its members to assist it. They are elected for the duration of the Olympi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1216-2

The application shall also contain, where known and useful, the following information, specifying how it was gathered: - the composition of the family of the person to be protected, their living condi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-12

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of less than or equal to 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article R6147-125

The Committee is convened by its Chairman at least once every three months and as often as necessary. A meeting may be called at the request of at least half of the voting members. The agenda, which s…

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