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Showing 661670 of 34663 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 4-4-1991 n° 89-17.151

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the establishment of a relay facility

Article L311-40

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Basis and rate of the flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-40

The flat-rate tourist tax is payable by landlords, hoteliers and owners who accommodate the persons mentioned in article L. 2333-29 for consideration as well as by other intermediaries when these pers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Basis and rate of the flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-41

I. - The rate of the flat-rate tourist tax is set, for each type and category of accommodation, per unit of accommodation capacity and per overnight stay.This rate is set by deliberation of the munici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Temporary visits related to the supervision of funeral operations

Article R2213-49

In communes with a State police force, surveillance operations are carried out, under the responsibility of the mayor, by a national police officer; the proceeds of the shifts are paid into the State…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Temporary visits related to the supervision of funeral operations

Article R2213-48

The intervention of the officials mentioned in article L. 2213-14 gives rise to the payment of a sessional fee for each of the operations provided for below: 1° The closing of the coffin and the affix…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: General principles governing the operation of national professional councils

Article D4021-4

National professional councils and federations are associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901 on the contract of association, with a general meeting, a board of directors and an executive commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Elections and operation of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4124-4

In addition to the Chairman, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance shall comprise :1. An equal number of full members and alternate members elected for three years by the Regional or Inter-Region…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-46

The employer shall notify the administrative authority of any plan to make redundancies for economic reasons affecting at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period. Where the company has s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-49

When the company does not have a social and economic committee and is required to draw up a job protection plan, this plan and the information intended for the staff representatives mentioned in artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-48

All the information provided to the employee representatives when they are called to the meetings provided for in Articles L. 1233-29 and L. 1233-30 is sent simultaneously to the administrative author…

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