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Showing 621630 of 44097 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-3-1993 n° 465

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-10

Group employees are covered by the collective agreement within the scope of which the group was formed.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compliance with social obligations

Article 122-10

In accordance with the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-10

In the cases provided for in article R. 321-8 and in the first paragraph of article R. 321-9, the land registry mentions the deed or deeds that have not been published alongside the copy of the previo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Other product-related offences

Article L451-10

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-5 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Challenging the detention decision

Article L741-10

A foreign national who is the subject of a detention order may challenge it before the liberty and custody judge, within forty-eight hours of being notified.The decision shall be taken in accordance w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-10

The municipalities or their public cooperation establishments delimit, after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environment Code: 1° Collective sa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-10

The application for approval of the supporters' association must be sent to the prefect or, if the association's registered office is in Paris, by the police prefect, together with the following docum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-10

The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall apply additional customer due diligence measures, over and above the measures provided for in Articles L. 561-5 and L. 561-5-1, when :1° The customer,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R3123-10

The conceding authority may not require the grouping of economic operators to have a specific legal form when submitting an application or a tender.However, the conceding authority may require the gro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Voting and electoral operations.

Article L723-10

Elections for commercial court judges are held by a two-round majority multi-member ballot. Candidates who obtain a number of votes at least equal to a majority of the votes cast and a quarter of the…

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