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Showing 14511460 of 38458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 8-4-2010 n° 08-70.338

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-8

Any change during the performance of the contract in the allocation of services between the contractor and the subcontractors paid directly or between the subcontractors themselves requires the modifi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Objection to the hiring of apprentices

Article R6225-8

The decision to lift the objection, taken in application of article R. 6225-7, is communicated without delay to the organisation responsible for filing the contract and, where applicable, to the missi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-8

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall cooperate closely with the supervisory authorities of insurance or reinsurance undertakings belonging to a group in other Member States of th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-87

Licitations (numbers 48 to 50 in table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° In the case of a licitation by mutual agreement:a) If indivision ceases, an emolument proportional to all the assets licence…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-8

The insurer may not invoke against the victim or his successors : 1° The fact that the research was carried out even though consent had not been given under the conditions provided for in articles L.…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-8

Where no agreement has been concluded and the special negotiation body has not taken the decision provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2362-7, employee participation in the European Coop…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-8

Unless it publishes them pursuant to article L. 341-3, the undertaking shall make the annual accounts, the management report, the auditors' report on the annual accounts and, where applicable, the con…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-3

For each request, the amount invested, the amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operato…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-9

Creditors who declare their claim after the account has been delivered may only claim against the remaining assets. In the event of insufficiency of these assets, they have recourse only against the l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-8

Where there is more than one seizure, creditors shall be paid in concurrence, subject to legitimate grounds for preference.However, the lowest residual claims, in ascending order of amount, without ex…

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