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Showing 121130 of 42269 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26-3-2008 n° 06-21.944

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-26

The Social and Economic Committee gives its opinion on applications for authorisation made to the administrative authority in application of articles L. 3121-24 and L. 3121-25. This opinion is forward…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Other guarantees

Article R2391-26

The contract may provide for guarantees other than those provided for in sub-section 1 for the performance of a particular commitment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-26

The provisions of title IV of book II of the present part are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin with the exception of those of the first paragraph of ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-26

To exercise the powers provided for in 1° of I and IV of article L. 5219-5, operating and investment expenditure and revenue are tracked and individualised in a document entitled "état spécial territo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-26

The weekly working time of the holder of an employment support contract may not be less than twenty hours, except where the decision to award the aid provides for this in order to respond to the parti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholder default.

Article R228-26

The period referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 228-29 is thirty days from the formal notice provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 228-27.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-26

I. - An open-ended investment company (société d'investissement à capital variable) or a management company acting on behalf of all the UCITS it manages shall not acquire shares carrying voting rights…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R444-26

An order of the Minister of Justice will determine the geographical areas in which aid may be granted to maintain or set up a practice. The areas referred to in the previous paragraph are defined in p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-26

Agreements between the State and the territorial authority or grouping of territorial authorities may provide for: 1° The transmission of computer media complying with the specifications of national i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article R621-26

The Autorité des marchés financiers is subject to the provisions of the French Public Procurement Code.

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