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Showing 34313440 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.

Article R814-20

The Board of Directors determines the management expenses of the guarantee fund and manages its assets. Before 31 March each year, it draws up the fund's balance sheet for the operations of the previo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-9

…he following form:a) In the case of financial securities covered by 1° to 4° of I of Article R. 214-11, in the form of accurate, reliable and regularly established prices, which are either market pric…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-8-2

The sharing agreement referred to in article L. 23-11-2 of the French Commercial Code may jointly adopt the different methods for distributing the unilateral employer contribution provided for in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

…o identify a person by his or her genetic fingerprints outside the cases provided for in Article 16-11 of the Civil Code or outside a measure of investigation or enquiry carried out during a procedure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L936-8

…626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New Caledonian institutions responsible for implementing the insuran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Monitoring and administrative penalties

Article R1221-13

The penalty provided for in Article L. 1221-11 in the event of failure to comply with the obligation to make a declaration prior to recruitment is recovered in accordance with the procedures and under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-10

…eal and serious cause or of dismissal being null and void pursuant to the provisions of Articles L. 1132-4, L. 1134-4, L. 1144-3, L. 1152-3, L. 1153-4, L. 1235-3 and L. 1235-11, the quashing of the he…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-29

Articles R. 624-1, excluding the first paragraph, and R. 624-2 to R. 624-11 are applicable to receivership proceedings. The verification of claims is carried out by the mandataire judiciaire in the pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ban on recruiting new apprentices

Article R6225-12

…The decision to lift the ban on recruiting new apprentices, taken in application of article R. 6225-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Holiday pay

Article R7213-12

…resignation or death of the employee, the indemnities provided for in articles R. 7213-9 to R. 7213-11 are payable under the conditions determined by articles L. 3141-28 to L. 3141-30, relating to hol…

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