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Showing 28412850 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representatives of recognised representative organisations

Article D7343-88

The organisations recognised as representative pursuant to Article L. 7343-24 appoint eight representatives.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-84

Applications from platform organisations shall be submitted electronically to the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority under the conditions laid down by decision of the Director General. Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-83

…as paid a cheque despite the absence, insufficiency or unavailability of funds shall, except in the case provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 131-81, be subrogated to the rights of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Powers of the State representative in the département

Article L2215-8

Public analysis laboratories run by local authorities are an essential part of public health safety policy; these laboratories are an integral part of the risk prevention and health crisis management…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-8

…iating body by a majority of its members. The group may decide, by at least two-thirds of the votes cast, not to open negotiations or to terminate negotiations already in progress. In this case, a new…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-8

Any application for international registration or for registration subsequent to such registration submitted, under the Madrid Agreement of 14 April 1891 and the Madrid Protocol of 27 June 1989, for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-8

The manager of a point of entry keeps an up-to-date list of aircraft operators or ship agents or their representatives, and of legal entities providing services within this point of entry. This list i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation of cooperatives of activity and employment

Article R7331-8

…n in accordance with the majority requirements for ordinary general meetings set out in articles L. 223-29, L. 223-30, L. 225-98 or L. 227-9 of the French Commercial Code, depending on the legal form…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds and institutions for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-8

In the case of a portfolio transfer referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 370-6, the application file is sent by the supplementary occupational pension fund to the Autorité de contrôle prud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-84

…y enforceable, pursuant to Article 471, within five days of the decision at the latest; 2° In other cases, within a maximum of thirty days from the date on which the sentence is enforceable. The convi…

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