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Showing 14711480 of 38458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 8-4-2010 n° 08-70.338

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to economic and financial capacity

Article R2142-8

In the case of an allotment contract, the ceiling mentioned in article R. 2142-7 applies to each of the lots. However, the purchaser may require a minimum annual turnover for groups of lots, in the ev…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing

Article L2312-84

In the event of a budgetary surplus, the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee may decide, by deliberation, to transfer all or part of the amount of the annual surplus f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employee participation in the nation's economic development.

Article L3231-8

In no case may the annual increase in the purchasing power of the minimum growth wage be less than half the increase in the purchasing power of average hourly wages recorded by the quarterly survey co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-89

Failure to comply with the time limits set out in articles D. 49-84 and D. 49-85 does not constitute grounds for invalidating summonses or the formalities for installing the electronic surveillance de…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy.

Article R6152-81

When the interests of the service so require, a practitioner who is the subject of a procedure provided for in article R. 6152-80 may be suspended pending a decision on his case. For the duration of h…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-87

I. - For the purposes of determining the 20% limit referred to in article R. 214-85 and the 20% ratio referred to in article R. 214-86, the denominator shall include :1° The assets referred to in 1° o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Termination of proceedings

Article 807-1

At any time, all of the constituted parties may apply to the Pre-Trial Judge for the partial closure of the investigation. In support of their request, they shall produce a deed countersigned by lawye…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-8

Decisions that exceed the manager's powers are taken unanimously, except for the manager, if he is himself an undivided co-owner, to exercise the remedies provided by the articles 815-4,815-5 and 815-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Second-hand equipment

Article R4312-8

The following second-hand personal protective equipment may not be displayed, offered for sale, sold, imported, hired out, made available or transferred for any purpose whatsoever with a view to being…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-8

The interested party has the option of declaring, under the conditions provided for in articles 26 et seq and provided that he proves that he has the nationality of a foreign State, that he declines F…

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