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Showing 11811190 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Equal opportunities for women and men in the workplace

Article L2241-11

…ments meet to negotiate every three years on measures to ensure professional equality between women and men and on remedial measures to remedy the inequalities observed. The implementation of these re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article R2122-11

…an the communal home for the celebration of marriages, he shall inform the public prosecutor beforehand by sending him his draft allocation decision, accompanied by any useful documents enabling this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-11

The Minister responsible for culture may, at any time, refer the matter to the commission de contrôle des organismes de gestion des droits d'auteur et des droits voisins when its observations aimed at…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Arrangements for repayment of the advance

Article R2191-11

Repayment of the advance is deducted from the sums due to the contractor, at a rate and in accordance with the procedures laid down in the terms of the contract, by deduction from the sums due by way…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article R721-11

…r of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may consult the council in the following areas:1° The training and ethics of commercial court judges;2° The organisation, operation and activity of commercial cour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information annexed to the pay slip

Article D3171-11

…f any agreement to the contrary, employees are informed of the number of hours of compensatory rest and mandatory time off credited to them by means of a document attached to the pay slip. As soon as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-11

A profit-sharing agreement concluded within a société coopérative de production may stipulate that the use of the special profit-sharing reserve in company shares, whatever the legal form of the compa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-111

…mployed worker shall, where appropriate, set up a radiation protection organisation when the nature and extent of the risk of exposure of workers to ionising radiation leads him to implement at least…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Incapacity resulting from an accident at work or an occupational disease.

Article L1226-11

If, at the end of a period of one month from the date of the medical examination to resume work, the employee declared unfit has not been reclassified within the company or if he has not been dismisse…

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