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Showing 17211730 of 64807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-2-2012 n° 10-22.863

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agreements with host companies

Article R6223-10

I.-In order to enable apprentices to complete their training, in application of article L. 6221-1, part of their practical training may be provided in companies other than the one employing them, in p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-10-1

For the purposes of Titles I to V, the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-10-1 are treated in the same way as undertakings having their registered office in a non-Community State which is a pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-10

In undertakings with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, any redundancy carried out in the absence of any decision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Public transport of regional interest

Article R1614-109

The amount of the contribution that, pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 1614-8-1 the State pays to each region for the operation of the transferred services is equal to the sum necessary to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Variants

Article R2151-10

Where the purchaser authorises or requires the presentation of variants, he shall state in the consultation documents the minimum requirements that the variants must meet and any special conditions fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-10

In addition to the general meeting of the founding members of the public interest grouping, the chairman and the chief executive, the bodies of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel cont…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-10

Non-trading property companies (sociétés civiles à objet strictement immobilier), other than non-trading property investment companies (sociétés civiles de placement immobilier), whose units are wholl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1055 bis

The first transfer for valuable consideration of properties mentioned in 4° of 2 of Article 793 benefits from an allowance of €91,000 on the basis of registration duties and land registration tax. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: National fund for the development of water supplies.

Article R2335-10

All supplies of drinking water, whether paid for or free of charge, give rise to the application of the charge, with the exception of: 1° Supplies made to other public drinking water distribution serv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-102-1

In order to comply with the legal requirements resulting from the cessation of the practice of the profession of commercial court clerk on the date on which he or she reaches the age limit or on the d…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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