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Showing 18411850 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation

Article L2541-1

…rticle L. 2121-31, from 1° to 8° of article L. 2122-21 and articles L. 2122-24, L. 2122-27, L. 2122-28 and L. 2122-34.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-1

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-1

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Ordinance no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freediving operations

Article R4461-42

…rs holding a certificate bearing another of the B endorsements referred to in II of article R. 4461-28, freediving is authorised provided that the relative pressure of exposure does not exceed 1,000 h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 ter

…1 of the town planning code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012, a special equipment tax intended to fina…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-6

…s date ; - units and blocks of skills obtained through training from the entry into force of decree no. 2018-827 of 28 September 2018 or valid on that date.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-37

…red for any judgment, the auction judgment refers to the judgment issued pursuant to article R. 742-28 or article R. 742-31, the judgements ruling on disputes and the schedule of conditions of sale. I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article R670-3

In the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle: 1° The order provided for in Article R. 642-28 in addition to the information specified in article R. 642-22, the statements appearing in the art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-40

…ssing of personal data known as the "Nominative Social Declaration" mentioned inArticle 3 of Decree No. 2013-266 of 28 March 2013 on the Nominative Social Declaration; 2° The pre-employment declaratio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-23

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 5124-25 to R. 5124-28-1, the competent corporate body of a company or organisation mentioned in article R. 5124-2 appoints, at the same time as the responsible…

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