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Showing 25212530 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Disabled workers

Article D2241-3

The three-yearly negotiations on the professional integration and continued employment of disabled workers are based on a report drawn up by the employer presenting, for each sector of activity, the s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-3

…European Economic Area may be represented unconditionally by a claim on that undertaking. The technical provisions relating to business ceded by an insurance undertaking to an insurance or reinsurance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

…of Mayotte, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1711-4.The amount of appropriations allocated to each defence and security zone is set on the basis of the population of the départements ma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 309

…Article 308 : 1° Holders of test stills, as defined by ministerial order (1); 2° Scientific and educational establishments for apparatus exclusively intended for experiments; 3° Qualified pharmacists…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions relating to the protection of trade marks and indications of origin.

Article 39

…s, bundles, envelopes, strips or labels, etc., a product or service mark, a name, a sign or any indication whatsoever likely to lead to the belief that they have been manufactured in France or that th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of acts of other administrative authorities and bodies

Article A112-36

The following are published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée, where applicable in extracts: 1° Recommendations for good practice drawn up by the professional consultation commit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article R421-31

The Minister responsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 421-15 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article D421-30

The Minister responsible for immigration shall immediately inform the first Member State and the notifying party in writing of the refusal of mobility provided for in Article R. 421-29.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-31

I. - Articles L. 2224-18 to L. 2224-20 and article L. 2224-23 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article L. 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the Control Committee.

Article D4622-37

The difficulties raised by the application of articles D. 4622-33 to D. 4622-36 are decided by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment. However, the Re…

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