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Showing 37713780 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-66

In the event that the employee waives the right to days off in application of article L. 3121-59 and in the absence of any specific provisions in the collective agreement mentioned in article L. 3121-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-66

…year ; 2° The time limit within which the employee must send his request for leave to the employer and the rules for determining, per establishment, the maximum number of employees who may benefit fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Public holidays.

Article L3164-6

Young workers may not work on public holidays recognised by law.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary allowance.

Article L3232-6

The tax and social security provisions relating to the allowances and contributions provided for in Article L. 5428-1 are applicable to the supplementary allowance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article L4002-6

…r professional qualifications within the meaning of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-6

The regional councils of the order of nurses may hold meetings with the regional or interregional councils of the other professional orders to examine matters common to the professions concerned.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…del set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the award of public contracts and re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-6

…Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the Government Commissioner or the Public Prosecutor of the jurisdiction in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-6

…ever, in the interests of the proper administration of justice, the court may authorise the former mandatary or the person mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2, to continue handling one or more ongoin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article D521-6

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts with exclusive jurisdiction to hear design actions pursuant to Article L. 521-3-1 of the Intellectual Property Code are set in accordance with Table VI…

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