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Showing 43714380 of 27460 articles for Art. Cass. avis 20-10-2000 n° 20-20013

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-11

Admission is decided by the selection board on the basis of the average marks obtained by the candidate in all the written and oral tests they have taken, if this is equal to or higher than 10 out of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article L2313-1-1

…ss account and exceeding the threshold provided for in the third paragraph of Article 10 of the loi n° 2000-321 du 12 avril 2000.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article R2251-2

…f 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding thes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article D4132-2

The regional or inter-regional council of the Ordre des Médecins is composed of six, ten, fourteen or sixteen pairs of full members, depending on whether the number of doctors registered on the most r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-42

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-3

…daries of these arrondissements as they stood on 1 January 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-1169 du 31 décembre 1982 relative à l'organisation administrative de Paris, Marseille, Lyon et…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-66

Where the revolving credit is accompanied by a card entitling the borrower to benefits of any kind, the credit agreement shall indicate to the borrower the terms and conditions under which this card o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-67

Where a credit card is associated with the contract, the words: "credit card" are specified in legible characters on the front of the card.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Revolving credit

Article L312-64

When a revolving credit facility is opened, a credit agreement, on paper or any other durable medium, must be drawn up for the conclusion of the initial credit and, under the same conditions, for any…

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