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Showing 54115420 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Allocation de professionnalisation et de solidarité et allocation de fin de droits.

Article D5424-55

…e or maternity leave do not interrupt the length of seniority. They are not taken into account when calculating seniority. The length of seniority is assessed at the end of the last employment contrac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-9

…uments intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, issued by a company referred to in Article R. 4381-21 must indicate :1° Its company name, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-34

…in article L. 5125-20 are persons who, fulfilling the conditions for practising pharmacy in France, carry out their activity: 1° In a pharmacy, with the pharmacist(s) or the manager of the pharmacy af…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other provisions applicable to sportspeople

Article L223-2

Arbitrators and judges are considered to be entrusted with a public service mission within the meaning of articles 221-4, 222-3, 222-8, 222-10, 222-12, 222-13 and 433-3 of the French Penal Code, and a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-4

…s L. 626-2 to L. 626-5, L. 626-12 and L. 626-16 to L. 626-19 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to any person with direct or indirect authority to bind an insurance undertaking, including in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest

Article L751-7

In the event of house arrest pursuant to Article L. 751-6, the provisions of Articles L. 732-1, L. 732-4, L. 733-1 to L. 733-4 and L. 733-8 to L. 733-12 shall apply.Failure to comply with the requirem…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principles.

Article R232-42

In accordance with the annual national testing programme defined by the College, testing operations are initiated by the Director of the Testing Department, in accordance with the provisions of Articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Group agreements.

Article L2232-34

…r establishments included in the scope of this agreement. The consultation of employees, where applicable, is also carried out within this perimeter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2321-2

The works council may be set up by a company agreement concluded under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 2232-12. This agreement is for an indefinite period. It may also be s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L761-10

For the application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° Articles L. 700-2, L. 722-12, L. 751-1 to L. 751-13 and L. 754-2 are not applicable;2° References to the first president of the court of…

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