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Showing 55315540 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-36

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the social and economic committee in: 1° Companies with at least three hundred employees; 2° Separate establishments with at least th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training)

Article R2272-3

The full representatives of the employers are appointed by the Minister of Labour as follows: 1° Two nominated by the Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF); 2° Two nominated by the Confédération…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-32

Administrateurs judiciaires, commissaires à l'exécution du plan, mandataires judiciaires and liquidators are entitled to reimbursement of the costs and disbursements mentioned on the list provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-33

…nvicted. Such persons shall be informed of their right to object. II.-Without prejudice to the application of article R. 40-31, the rights of information, access, rectification and deletion provided f…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Public contracts concluded by a contracting authority

Article L2513-3

…l services provided entirely by electronic means, in particular the secure transmission of electronically encoded documents, address management services and the transmission of registered electronic m…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Coordination of the fight against sexually transmitted infections and the human immunodeficiency virus

Article D3121-37

…ocial action, prevention and health promotion;3° Representatives of patients and users of the healthcare system;4° Qualified personalities.II. - The committee elects a bureau from among its members, m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Pharmacists and veterinary assistants in veterinary pharmaceutical establishments.

Article R5142-38

…umber of assistant pharmacists or veterinarians is set as follows, depending on the number of staff calculated under the conditions set out in Article R. 5142-40: 1° One assistant pharmacist or veteri…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-37-1

…or industry-level agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-37, the waiting period is not applicable: 1° When the assignment contract is concluded to ensure the replacement of an employee who is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36-1

…of the assignment contract that has expired if the duration of the contract, including, where applicable, its renewal(s), is fourteen days or more; 2° Half of the duration of the assignment contract…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12-3

…ting and financing, heritage conservation, as well as people working in the cultural field within local authorities.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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