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Showing 42414250 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

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

Article D1411-4

The lists may include fewer names than there are seats of titular members and substitutes to be filled. In the event of a tie, the seat goes to the list that has obtained the highest number of votes.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-4

I. - The creation, transfer or closure of a pharmacy for internal use is subject to the granting of an authorisation issued by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency after obtaining the op…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

I. Companies subject by right or by option to an actual system of taxation of their results and which carry on an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of article 34 are exempt f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

I. - In the rural regeneration areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxa…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provision of data by the concessionaire in the case of management under concession of a public service

Article L3131-4

The granting authority or a third party designated by it may freely extract and exploit all or part of these data and databases, in particular with a view to making them available free of charge for r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article L2352-4

Where a European Company is formed by means of a merger and at least one participating company loses its own legal existence and is not directly represented by a member of the special negotiating body…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2372-4

The special negotiating body takes its decisions by an absolute majority of its members, who must also represent an absolute majority of the employees of the participating companies, subsidiaries and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-40

In order to implement an employee's right to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-36, a company collective agreement or agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or agreement shall determine:…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-4

When the application is incomplete, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons informs the applicant, who has eight days to complete it.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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