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Showing 33713380 of 43303 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 26-3-2020 n° 18-25.893

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-3

For the application in Mayotte of the last paragraph of article L. 1225-26 and the last paragraph of article L. 1225-44, the words: "on the entry into force of law no. 2006-340 of 23 March 2006 on equ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article R2334-39

When the local investment support grant contributes to the financing of investment projects, the provisions of articles R. 2334-22 to R. 2334-26, the second paragraph of article R. 2334-27 as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-3

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, article L. 5125-9 is amended as follows:1° In the first paragraph, the words: "of the Conseil de l'ordre des pharmaciens with territorial jurisdiction" are re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-3

Non-trading private-law legal entities with an economic activity which, at the end of the calendar year or at the close of the financial year, have three hundred or more employees or whose turnover ex…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-30

Any natural or legal person registered in the register referred to in article L. 141-3 must hold a financial guarantee issued by a single guarantor. The financial guarantee extends to activities carri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-38

The procedure defined in the second paragraph of article R. 1612-35, to articles R. 1612-36 and R. 1612-37 applies when the representative of the State refers the matter to the regional audit chamber,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-3

Each département receives a lump-sum allocation.I. - From 2015, each département's lump-sum allocation is equal to the amount received the previous year in respect of this allocation. For each departm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-39

Applications for plant variety certificates are entered in the register of applications in chronological order, immediately after the application is filed. For each application, the entry includes in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-30

A member who has been struck off the Register or who has been subject to the criminal sanctions referred to in articles L. 6242-1 and L. 6242-2 has six months, from the date on which the decision to s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Specific conditions applicable to the self-preservation of gametes in application of article L. 2141-12

Article R2141-39

The collection, retrieval and storage of gametes, as provided for in article L. 2141-12, are preceded by at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team, the composi…

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