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Showing 951960 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Categories of beneficiaries.

Article L5212-13

…9° Holders of a disability allowance or pension awarded under the conditions defined by law no. 91-1389 of 31 December 1991 relating to the social protection of volunteer firefighters in the event of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Equity loans

Article L313-13

The State, subject to Articles L. 313-18 to L. 313-20, credit institutions, finance companies, other commercial companies, alternative investment funds governed by Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-13

…on responsible for a nuclear activity shall set up a system for recording and analysing events that may lead to accidental or unintentional exposure of persons to ionising radiation. This system is pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-13

The duties of an ad hoc trustee or conciliator may not be carried out by a person who, during the previous twenty-four months, has received, in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any rem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-13

…itment and appointment to posts in the institution, when the latter has an administrative nature.He may, by delegation from the board of directors and with the assent of the accounting officer, create…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 D

…ipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by means of a general decision taken under the conditions laid down in I of l'article 1639 A bi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L784-13

…es In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentieth paragraph Order no. 2017-484…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-13

…es In the wording resulting from L. 631-1 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 631-2 Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 631-2-1, with the exception of its twentieth paragraph Order no. 2017-484…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Dismissal of an employee representative from an external company on the health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L2411-13

…for inArticle L. 515-36 of the Environment Code or mentioned in Article L. 211-2 of the Mining Code may only take place after authorisation from the Labour Inspector. This authorisation is also requir…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article L722-13

…that the claim is admissible, the thirty-day period referred to in second paragraph of Article L. 113-3 of the French Insurance Code, where applicable, is extended to one hundred and twenty days for…

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