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Showing 791800 of 41170 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-4-2016 n° 14-24.164

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-14

The rules of procedure are adopted by the Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council. In the first ballot, an absolute majority of members is required. The rules of procedure set ou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-14

The court decision authorising or ordering the sale under articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15 is included in the minutes of the sale.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the matching of personal data carried out by the Autorité nationale des jeux and by La Française des jeux for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-14

The rights of access to and rectification of the data mentioned in Article R. 333-13 may be exercised with the Chairman of the Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Data Protection Officer of La Françai…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transport of explosive substances or objects within the site

Article R4462-14

For the transport of explosive substances or objects to or from the public highway, the employer draws up a document which, taking into account the nature of the load, indicates precisely the authoris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reimbursement of transport costs incurred by trainees

Article R6523-14

Transport costs are reimbursed under the conditions set out in articles R. 6341-35 to R. 6341-43.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-14

Sums held in the automatic video publishing account may be invested: 1° To acquire the video publishing rights to long-term cinematographic works that meet the conditions set out in articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…cluded in the area of competence of a community development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all resid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-14

The conciliation and referral office may, notwithstanding any procedural exception and even if the defendant does not appear, order: 1° The issue, where applicable, under penalty of a fine, of work ce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-14

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-14

Subject to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs below, the decisions of the Board of Directors are enforceable fifteen days after their transmission to the Minister for Health, unless the…

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