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Showing 35313540 of 22671 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-11-2012 n° 11-14.671

French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 641 bis

…or published deed, provided that the notarised certificates mentioned in 3° of article 28 of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration, relating to such property, are published wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R5334-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 5331-1, L. 5331-2, L. 5331-4, L. 5332-1 and L. 5332-3, relating to the conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers, is punishable by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of operating accounts

Article D251-4

The distributor or, in the case provided for in article L. 251-10, the line producer has three months from receipt of the draft audit report provided for in article L. 251-11 to submit its written obs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application to certain establishments with an in-house pharmacy.

Article R5132-42

The procedures for applying sections 1 to 3 of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles L. 5126-1 and L. 5126-11 shall be laid down, where appropriate, after obtaining the opinion of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-1

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-1

I.-Subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-2

The prevention and occupational health service is organised in the form of : 1° Either an autonomous prevention and occupational health service specific to the establishment ; 2° Or an autonomous prev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-78

The college of civil servants, public sector employees and contractual public sector employees referred to in 2° of 2 of I of article L. 1432-11 is referred to as the "first college". The college of p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-6

After payment of the sale price in the case of an auction or completion by the purchaser of the purging formalities in the case of a private sale, the liquidator shall draw up the statement of colloca…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-1

…resulting fromIn Title IL. 410-1L. 411-1 to L. 411-5L. 412-1 to L. 412-4L. 412-5 and L. 412-6La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août 2021 confortant le respect des principes de la RépubliqueL. 413-1 à L. 413-7…

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