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Showing 18811890 of 18871 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-7-2018 n° 18/00485

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article R121-12

…g either an increase in the total amount of expenditure, or transfers of appropriations between the capital operations section and the operating section or from the personnel chapters to the operating…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Chairman of the Board of Directors

Article R6123-12

…I - The Chairman of the Board of Directors :1° Chairs the discussions of the Board of Directors ;2° Calls meetings of the Board of Directors, sets the agenda on the recommendation of the Chief Executi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-125

The certificate accompanying medicated feedingstuffs manufactured in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area when they are imported correspon…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L251-12

…ethods for its depreciation and net revenue, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may carry out or have carried out by an independent expert an audit of the operating account drawn up by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-12

…es R. 1263-5 and R. 1263-7 ; b) A sworn statement certifying that the co-contractor has, where applicable, paid the sums due in respect of the fines provided for in articles L. 1263-6, L. 1264-1, L. 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-26-12

…1-1, from the minimum weekly working time for the holder of a fixed-term contract concluded in application of article L. 1242-3 is authorised by the Prefect, after examination by the structure for int…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

…r more representative employee trade union organisations having received more than 50% of the votes cast in favour of representative organisations in the first round of the most recent elections of pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

…ensure better coordination of their activities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of the regional…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

The automatic accounts are known as: 1° For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works: "compte automatique production cinéma"; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure

Article R1455-12

…erwise stipulated, when it is provided that the industrial tribunal shall rule on the merits of the case in accordance with the accelerated procedure, the claim shall be brought before a hearing held…

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