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Showing 25412550 of 35538 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 4 Apr. 2024 – no. 21-22.949

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Opening of a branch and exercise of the freedom to provide services

Article R382-4

…s in the territory of another Member State of the European Union, in accordance with Article L. 382-4, shall notify its plan to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, together with the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest

Article L751-4

…cle L. 751-2, the provisions of articles L. 572-7, L. 732-1, L. 732-3, L. 732-7, L. 733-1 to L. 733-4 and L. 733-8 to L. 733-12 shall apply.However, for the purposes of the second paragraph of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-42

If the information mentioned in 1°, 2° or 4° of article R. 4153-41 changes, this information is updated and communicated to the labour inspection supervisor by any means giving a date certain within e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: COMMUNE SECTION

Article D2411-4

…is addressed: 1° To the chairman of the union commission in the cases provided for in articles L. 2411-4, L. 2411-6 and in the sixth paragraph of article L. 2412-1 ; 2° To the mayor of the commune in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of organs, tissues or cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1522-4

…IV of Book II of this Part are applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of Articles R. 1242-14, R. 1245-9 to R. 1245-12, R. 1245-18 to R. 1245-21 and subject to the adaptations provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Photographs of models

Article R2133-4

…n particular, by billposting, by online public communication within the meaning of Article 1 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy, in press publications within the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L662-4

…r the liquidator, as the case may be, of the employees' representative mentioned in articles L. 621-4 and L. 641-1 must be submitted to the works council, which gives an opinion on the proposed redund…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article L123-49

…erson who has fully complied with the validations and checks carried out pursuant to article L. 123-48 is registered in the national register of companies as a "company run by a farm worker", without…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article L123-48

Information entries and filings of documents in the national register of companies requested in connection with applications for registration, amending entries and deregistrations, are validated, for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 421-24

Enhanced development aid is paid to the production company as follows:- 80% at the time of the award decision;- 20% after submission to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the elemen…

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