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Showing 451460 of 33178 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24-5-2016 n° 15-17.788

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-4

If the beneficiary of the trust has acquired free disposal of the property pursuant to Article 2488-3, he shall pay to the settlor, where the value mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of that Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions specific to the procedure for reviewing measures of complete hospitalisation without consent

Article R3211-24

The referral is accompanied by the documents provided for in article R. 3211-12 as well as the reasoned opinion provided for in II of article L. 3211-12-1 . This opinion describes in detail the manife…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-24

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-24

The financial aid is paid to the intermediary association for each full-time position occupied. Where appropriate, the amount of aid is reduced in proportion to the number of jobs filled. Its base amo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single subsection: Public policy.

Article L3141-24

I.-The annual leave provided for in article L. 3141-3 gives entitlement to an allowance equal to one tenth of the total gross remuneration received by the employee during the reference period. To dete…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-24

In the case of a new building project, preliminary studies are the first stage in the project manager's response to the objectives, needs, constraints and requirements of the programme.These studies e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Packaging units for rolling tobacco

Article R3512-24

I.-A unit packet of rolling tobacco may be: 1° Parallelepiped with characteristics that may be specified by order; 2° Cylindrical; 3° A pouch. II-The packaging unit complies with the size characterist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Special conditions for the "nervous system" designation

Article D6124-177-24

I.-The authorisation holder has, on site : -a neurocognitive technical platform ; tools for evaluating and re-educating posture, balance and walking. II - The authorisation holder provides access, on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1545

…the allocation of costs between the parties subject to the dispositions de l'article 123 du décret n° 2020-1717 du 28 décembre 2020 lorsque l'une des parties bénéficie de l'aide juridictionnelle. If…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-24

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may determine the period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working ho…

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