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Showing 13711380 of 44393 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 12-3-2020 n° 19-10.245

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R3123-19-4

The member of the departmental council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training sends the manager of the fund mentioned in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R4135-19-4

A member of the regional council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund mentioned in Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-7

The collection, excluding contentious procedures, of charges for water consumption and charges for collective and non-collective sanitation may be entrusted to the same body, which will show the detai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-19

If it is not possible to appoint a representative within the time limit set by the order referred to in Article R. 23-112-10 or if a member of the Commission ceases to hold office, another member may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-19

The "Plateforme de l'Inclusion" public interest grouping provides a teleservice for completing procedures relating to integration through economic activity.The purpose of the processing of personal da…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter U

The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater W is deducted from the income tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the event provided for in IV of the same article occurre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12

Investigating and sentencing courts may, as an alternative measure to pre-trial detention, impose house arrest with electronic surveillance in the cases provided for by articles 135-2, 145, 148, 201,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-4

I.-A territorial council of the order of masseur-physiotherapists is constituted in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon when the number of masseur-physiotherapists practising there is at least equal to twice the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-19-1

I. - The purpose of traceability of elements and products of the human body is to establish the link between the donor and the recipient, from the time of removal to the time of therapeutic use or des…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to private educational establishments under contract with the State

Article L5134-128

Subsections 1 to 3 of this section apply to the private educational establishments mentioned in articles L. 442-5 and L. 442-12 of the Education Code and article L. 813-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fis…

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