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Showing 921930 of 62298 articles for Art. 1231-1 et 1231-5 · CA Versailles 20 April 1995 · Cass. 2e civ. 10 July 2003 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 September 2013 n° 12-24.812

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Implementing provisions

Article L5134-119

…promote a balanced distribution of women and men by sector of activity; 2° Special provisions applicable to jobs for the future created in the sector of assistance for disabled people or dependent el…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispute resolution.

Article L6341-11

All disputes arising in connection with the assessment, payment and reimbursement of the remuneration and allowances provided for in this chapter shall fall within the jurisdiction of the courts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-11

The pharmacist or company must own the pharmacy of which he is the proprietor.A pharmacist or company may own or co-own only one dispensary.Pharmacists are authorised to form a general partnership bet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy.

Article L8113-11

Labour inspectors are prohibited from disclosing manufacturing secrets and operating processes of which they may become aware in the course of their duties. Failure to comply with these prohibitions i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-11

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and in article L. 1262-2, the user undertaking or the employer shall be responsible for the material organisation of the employee's occupati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-112

Reasons must be given for all decisions taken by the Ordre des Médecins in application of this Code of Deontology. Any such decisions taken by the departmental councils may be amended or annulled by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-110

Any deliberately inaccurate or incomplete declaration made to the Medical Council by a doctor may give rise to disciplinary proceedings.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-111

Any doctor who changes his or her conditions of practice or ceases to practise must notify the departmental council. The latter takes note of these changes and informs the national council.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 11

When a taxpayer has moved either his residence or the place of his main establishment, the assessments for which he is liable in respect of income tax, both for the year in which the change occurred a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preferential agreement and unilateral undertaking

Article 1123

…into. The third party may ask the beneficiary in writing to confirm, within a time limit which it sets and which must be reasonable, the existence of a preference pact and whether it intends to avail…

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