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Showing 14911500 of 56993 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-1-2024 n° 22-16.974

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-118

In accordance with the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a société civile de placement immobilier may transfer its assets and liabilities by way of demerger to undertakings for col…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-11

The trade union delegate's term of office ends no later than the first round of elections to the staff representative institution that renews the institution whose election recognised the representati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-11

The sums which could not be distributed because of the rules defined in articles L. 3314-5 and L. 3314-8 are, if the agreement so provides, immediately distributed among all the employees and, where a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Allocation of hearing duties among the citizen assessors

Article R2-11

In accordance with the provisions of Article 10-7, the first president of the court of appeal and the president of the judicial tribunal decide by order on the distribution of the service of hearings…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-11

For each room with specific pollution, ventilation is provided and its flow rate determined according to the nature and quantity of the pollutants and, where applicable, the quantity of heat to be rem…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting

Article A713-11

Voting envelopes, as provided for in I of Article R. 713-17, shall measure 110 mm × 220 mm and comply with the specifications set out in Annex 7.2 to this book. They may include additional wording. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-115

I. - Under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the assets of a société civile de placement immobilier consist exclusively of : 1° Buildings constructed or acquired with a view to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-116

The beneficiary of a job with a future is employed full-time. However, when the beneficiary's career path or situation justifies it, in particular to facilitate training, or when the nature of the job…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Refusal and subordination of sales and services

Article L121-11

It is prohibited to refuse a consumer the sale of a product or the provision of a service, unless there is a legitimate reason for doing so; It is also prohibited to make the sale of a product conditi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trial period.

Article L1242-11

The following provisions do not apply during the trial period:1° the commencement of the contract as provided for in article L. 1242-9 ; 2° Early termination of the contract as provided for in article…

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