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Showing 14711480 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Commercial Court.

Article 853

…ails election of domicile. The parties are exempt from the obligation to constitute a lawyer in the cases provided for by law or regulation, where the claim is for an amount less than or equal to 10,0…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 887

On the day indicated, an attempt at conciliation shall be made before the court, of which a record shall be drawn up. The court may delegate the conciliation mission to a court conciliator appointed f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Non-competition arrangements in the event of temporary or permanent departure

Article R6152-829

…fender of his choice. At the end of the interview, in which the chairman of the establishment's medical committee takes part, the director of the establishment notifies the practitioner of his decisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Non-competition arrangements in the event of temporary or permanent departure

Article R6152-828

Any practitioner who temporarily or permanently ceases his duties and who intends to carry out a paid activity in a private for-profit health establishment, a private practice, a medical biology labor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Non-competition arrangements in the event of temporary or permanent departure

Article R6152-827

The decision by which the director of the hospital grouping's support establishment sets the conditions for implementing the ban on practice in accordance with the second paragraph of I of article L.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The preliminary conciliation attempt

Article 820

The application to the court may be made for the purposes of a preliminary attempt at conciliation outside the cases in which the first paragraph of Article 750-1 applies. The request for a preliminar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-80

The employee may, at his convenience, benefit from the provisions of article L. 3142-79, provided that each absence is for at least half a full day. He shall notify his employer at least twenty-four h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-83

…Assembly or the Senate is, at his request, suspended until the expiry of his term of office, if he can prove that he has been with the employer for at least one year on the date he takes up his post.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-82

The duration of absences is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining holiday entitlements and seniority rights under the law and collective bargaining agreements.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-86

A decree will determine the conditions under which employees' rights, particularly in terms of provident and pension schemes, will be maintained during their term of office.

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