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Showing 12511260 of 57126 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-1-2023 n° 21-20.009

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Funding and cash resources

Article D6323-21

I.-The regional cross-industry joint committees finance : 1° The educational costs, ancillary costs and costs relating to the validation of skills and knowledge for the professional transition project…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21

An individual may not simultaneously hold more than five directorships in public limited companies having their registered office on French territory. As an exception to the provisions of the first pa…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-21

When the representative of the public prosecutor is consulted by the competent authority of the executing State on partial recognition of the sentencing decision, he or she shall examine whether an ag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-21

For jobseekers, the training courses eligible for the personal training account are those mentioned in article L. 6323-6.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-21

A social service assistant is assigned all or part of his/her time to the emergency department. In particular, he is responsible for implementing the provisions of article R. 6123-22.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-21

The rights of access and rectification provided for in Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals wi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-21

With the exception of the registration number in the National Register for the Identification of Natural Persons and, where applicable, the number of the recipient of the Active Solidarity Income fina…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 D

The capital gains that may arise from a transaction referred to in article 48 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production are taxable in the name of the socié…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Referral to the conciliator and examination of the claim

Article R141-21

Once appointed, the conciliators set the date for the conciliation hearing and notify the interested parties. The conciliation procedure is adversarial. The conciliators decide on any useful investiga…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-21

For the application of 2° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the General Tax Code, the video game is finalised in the form of a first version ready to be duplicated with a view to its marketing o…

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