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Showing 89718980 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R4162-4

…2 of this Code. II - The company or group agreement referred to in article L. 4162-1 or, where applicable, the minutes of disagreement and the action plan referred to in article L. 4162-2 are filed wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4113-48

…ions provided for in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R. 4113-36, as well as shares distributed following a capital increase, may not exceed this same rate increased by two points. The surplus profits, after…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Employee rights and legal action

Article D8223-4

…ee is informed of the legal action envisaged by the representative trade union organisation in application of article L. 8223-4 by any means giving a date certain. This information specifies the natur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-4

…sible for the economy shall designate by order the body responsible for managing the telephone cold calling list, after competitive tendering, for a period set by regulation. The body mentioned in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-4

…the conditions provided for in article L. 330-5 of the highway code, to the registrations and technical data in the file of administrative documents and decisions provided for in article L. 330-1 of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4-1

…4; 5° Any person acting under 4° of article L. 712-4 on the basis of the trade name under which he carries on his business or the sign designating the place where this business is carried on; 6° Any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5-2

I.- External service providers who assist the doctor responsible for medical information in the performance of his duties under article R. 6113-4 may only access, under the latter's responsibility and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Insurance scheme

Article L351-5-1

…in the same article, in accordance with the rules and subject to the guarantees and penalties applicable to the collection of contributions from the general social security scheme based on remunerati…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Formalities

Article R532-4

…R. 232-1 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-4

The penalties provided for in Article L. 1543-3 are doubled: 1° If the offences provided for in the said article have resulted in the use of products being dangerous to human health; 2° If the offence…

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