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Showing 31313140 of 68315 articles for Art. 509 · C. com. Art. L 121-2 · C. civ. Arts. 413-6 and 413-8

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-8

For the application of article L. 2314-20, the length of time spent in the company is calculated by adding together the periods during which the employee does or does not carry out an assignment when…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L243-6

…ich continues to refuse to underwrite a risk for which the premium has been set by the Bureau Central de Tarification shall be deemed no longer to be operating in accordance with the regulations in fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions.

Article L4443-6

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the following is added to article L. 4231-4: "An agreement between the Conseil national de l'ordre and the professional body of New Caledonia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-6

Where the reference perimeter of a market of national interest includes a port, the authorisation system provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 761-5 does not apply to facilities located wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-6

For the application of article L. 723-3, the words: "the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register. In the event of the creation of a commercial court, the first president of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-6

For the application of article L. 723-3, the words: "the judge responsible for supervising the trade and companies register. In the event of the creation of a commercial court, the first president of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Temporary employment agencies

Article L6331-69

Temporary work companies, regardless of the number of employees, pay a conventional contribution, the rate of which is at least equal to 0.30% of the amount of earned income mentioned in the first par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits.

Article L5426-8-1

For the reimbursement of allowances, grants and any other benefits unduly paid by Pôle emploi, on its own behalf, on behalf of the State or the employers mentioned in Article L. 5424-1, Pôle emploi ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Gametes.

Article L1273-6

As stated in Article 511-13 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Making the benefit of a gamete donation conditional on the designation by the recipient couple of a person who has voluntarily agre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-8-1

…s designated for housing improvement projects, the representative of the State in the département will require owners receiving subsidies for work to remove insalubrities to carry out a lead exposure…

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