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Showing 761770 of 18298 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 Oct. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-380

…to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 as amended relating to the statutory provisions governing the hospital civil service are applic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-300

…rticle L. 622-12 and in the event of implementation of the plan recorded pursuant to Article L. 626-28; 2° Judgements handed down in respect of receivership proceedings in the event of closure of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of economic and financial offences

Article R50 ter

…first paragraph of Article 706 are recruited as contract agents. The décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 relatif aux dispositions générales applicables aux agents non titulaires de l'Etat shall apply…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article R733-6

…462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986. It points out that, in any event, the suspension of the effects of the automatic termination c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…2 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986. This letter shall include the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-17

…the event of redundancies of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, and L. 1233-28, in the event of redundancies of ten or more employees within the same thirty-day period.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Appointment of the examining magistrate.

Article D29

…s or judges of the court to replace him in the exercise of the functions provided for in Article D. 28, one of the vice-presidents or judges of the court.Failing designation, he is replaced, in the ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-522

…ption of the pathologies mentioned in article R. 6152-523, on the list drawn up pursuant to article 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals prohibited from returning to French territory

Article R613-7

…a decision prohibiting their return are those that apply, under Article 7 of Decree no. 2010-569 of 28 May 2010 relating to the wanted persons file, to cases where the reason for registration in this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative management of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police tasks

Article R15-33-12

…prosecutor and letters rogatory from the examining magistrate in the matters mentioned in l'article 28-1.

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