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Showing 44914500 of 45438 articles for Art. 1301 · Cass. 1re civ. 5 April 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 May 2010 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 July 2001

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3141-5

…d adoption leave; 3° Compulsory compensatory leave in the form of rest provided for in articles L. 3121-30, L. 3121-33 and L. 3121-38 ; 4° Rest days granted under the collective agreement concluded in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-51

…a, the deeds, notifications and enforcement measures required under the conditions of article D. 4425-41; 3° notifying the administrators of the expiry of leases; 4° Preventing prescription; 5° Ensuri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax measures

Article D7233-5

…Code, subject to the following conditions: 1° The total amount of small-scale DIY work is capped at 500 euros per year per tax household. The duration of a small-scale DIY job may not exceed two hours…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-58

…ng out the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction in his State of establishment;5° Deleted;6° Indication of the date and place of the planned sale and the identity and qualificatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-5

…de santé; 3° Recruiting and training experts in each of the specialties mentioned in Article D. 4135-2; 4° Collecting risk-bearing event reports with a view to using them, after first processing them…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article R3213-5

…the designation of the property in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article 5, 1 of article 6 and article 7 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to all activities

Article R4424-5

…eyewash and skin antiseptics and, if necessary, eye drops prescribed by the occupational physician; 5° For activities involving the taking, handling and processing of samples of human or animal origin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-6

The administration may, at any time during the procedure, make any observation or proposal to the employer concerning the conduct of the procedure or the social measures provided for in article L. 123…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: National Coordination Committee

Article R1233-5

…al Coordination Committee of the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion referred to in Article L. 1233-4 comprises, in addition to the Director General of the Agency or his representative who chairs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-2

…he ex officio members. The agenda is sent to the members mentioned in II and III of article R. 1411-58-1. II - When the Committee issues the opinion provided for in article L. 1411-5-3 of the Public H…

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