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Showing 24412450 of 34663 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 4-4-1991 n° 89-17.151

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Status and missions of Pôle emploi

Article R5312-4

When Pôle emploi takes decisions or enters into agreements on behalf of the State, it also decides, on behalf of the State, in the event of administrative appeals against these decisions or agreements…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-4

Promotional advertising of the plasmas mentioned in article L. 1223-3 to members of the health professions authorised to prescribe or supply these labile blood products or to use them in the exercise…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article 803-4

When a person prosecuted or convicted by the French courts is arrested outside national territory in application of the provisions on the European arrest warrant or extradition or in application of an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-4

The depositary shall give the depositor a receipt containing the inventory of the items deposited and, where applicable, kept by the depositor in accordance with article R. 1113-3.The receipt or a cop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-48

The services which public health institutions may provide on a subsidiary basis, as provided for in article L. 6145-7, are developed within the limits of the material and human resources essential to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-4

In the event of all the shares in a limited liability company being combined in one hand, the provisions of article 1844-5 of the Civil Code relating to judicial dissolution shall not apply.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article L723-4

Even in the absence of a request from the debtor, the commission may, in the event of difficulties, refer the matter to the protection litigation judge for the purpose of verifying the validity of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-4

The payment provided for in Article L. 6331-6 of the Labour Code is not due in the event of a fixed-term contract concluded in application of Article L. 222-2-3 of this Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-4

Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1242-1, an agreement or an extended branch agreement may stipulate the cases in which the waiting period provided for inarticle L. 1244-3 is not applic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6414-4

Within the framework of the legislative provisions relating to the postal service, the specific conditions under which this service is provided in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon shall be specified and, wher…

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