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Showing 31413150 of 32788 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-5-2021 n° 19-24.658

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-52

The remissions provided for in the first sentence of the sixth paragraph of Article L. 444-2 are granted under the following conditions:1° Discounts on the right to institute proceedings mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of training costs under the personal training account

Article D6323-5

I.-The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to one of the actions mentioned in article L. 6323-6 taken by the employee, whether during workin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-5

The account of the administration, where applicable, or of the guardianship is rendered to the emancipated minor under the conditions provided for respectively by articles 387-5 et 514.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

In the absence of a collective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the do…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D331-5

The rules relating to the development of a campsite and the installation of caravans are set out in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-5

I.-Chapter IV of Title IV of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees No. 2008-588 of 19 June 2008, No. 2015-1281 of 13 October 2015, No. 2016-27…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-5

For the purposes of Article L. 511-33, I of Article L. 522-19, Article L. 526-35, the last paragraph of Article L. 571-4 and Article L. 572-7, agents are treated in the same way as persons employed by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2223-52

Persons who carry out their duties without being in direct contact with families and without participating in the conclusion or performance of any of the funeral services listed in Article L. 2223-19…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: MEASURES APPLICABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF A DECISION REQUIRING THE LEAVING OF FRENCH TERRITORY BY AN ASYLUM SEEKER WHOSE RIGHT TO MAINTAINMENT HAS ENDED

Article R752-5

A foreign national placed in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 752-2 may, independently of the examination of their state of vulnerability by the administrative authority when they are p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-51

After taking note of the result of the consultation, the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation deliberates under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2121…

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