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Showing 30313040 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Work involving exposure to dangerous chemical agents

Article D4152-10

…ional category for effects on or via breastfeeding as defined in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008; 2° Benzene; 3° The following…

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

Article L2334-24

…o road traffic intended for local authorities referred to in b of 2° of B of I of Article 49 of Law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 on finances for 2006 are distributed by the local finance committe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-1

…6, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union, and resumed or begun on or after 11 May 2020.For the purposes of this chapter, filming means the taking of photographs and sound reco…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Financial provisions relating to advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-14

…men and vice-chairmen of the committees receive allowances under the conditions laid down by decree no. 92-239 of 11 March 1992 relating to the allowances likely to be granted to the chairmen, vice-ch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed

Article R6331-52

…espectively with the bodies mentioned in Articles L. 225-1-1 of the Social Security Code and L. 723-11 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, after deduction of the management costs mentioned respect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article L6364-5

…ases in charges for the collectivity of Saint-Martin resulting from the transfer of powers to it.In 2008, its amount is 2,653,706 euros. This amount corresponds to the average annual amount of funding…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: BORDER CONTROLS

Article L331-3

In the cases provided for in Chapter II of Title III of Regulation 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016, checks at internal borders may be reintroduced on a temporary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Obligations of training providers

Article R2315-16

Each year, before 30th March, training bodies submit a report on their activities over the past year to the Minister for Employment or to regional prefects, as the case may be. This report shall indic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

The embryo register that must be kept by any health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to store embryos must mention :1° The identity of the couple or unmarried wom…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-5

…o Article L. 430-7-1 or made pursuant to merger decisions made before the entry into force of Order no. 2008-1161 of 13 November 2008 modernising the regulation of competition. II.-For all practices m…

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