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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-12

After two rounds of voting in which none of the candidates has obtained an absolute majority of the members present, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman is elected in the third round by a relative majority.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-12

The issuer of the authorised special payment voucher referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 shall notify the Minister responsible for personal services, by registered letter with acknowledgement of rec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-12

In the absence of member companies to determine the distribution of seats between the professional organisations for a given section, the member companies and the employees they employ are taken into…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-12

The public prosecutor of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the seat of the industrial tribunal is located will issue the summons to take the oath at the court hearing within one month of pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-12

The secretariat of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie is provided by the services of the Minister of Labour.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure

Article R1455-12

Unless otherwise stipulated, when it is provided that the industrial tribunal shall rule on the merits of the case in accordance with the accelerated procedure, the claim shall be brought before a hea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-12

For application in Mayotte, article R. 1423-6 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 1423-6 Cases that are not assigned to the management section in application of article L. 1423-1-2 are assigned to the inte…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-12

If the claimant does not appear on the day set for the attempted conciliation without having provided proof in good time of a legitimate reason, article L. 1454-1-3 is applied, unless the conciliation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-12

…iew to drawing up the electoral list for the measurement of the audience referred to in Article L. 2122-10-1, known as the "files of electoral lists for the measurement of the audience of trade union…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-12

The Chairman of the Association is appointed by the Board of Directors, for a two-year term, alternately from among the representatives of the employee trade union organisations and the representative…

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