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Showing 511520 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-26

An intern may be placed on leave of absence by the Director General of the university hospital centre to which he is attached in one of the following cases: 1° Accident or serious illness of the inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R1253-27

The administrative authority may terminate the grouping's approval, by reasoned decision: 1° Where the legal provisions relating to employer groups are not complied with; 2° Where the stipulations of…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Effects of seizure

Article R3252-27

Every month, the employer sends the court registry a sum equal to the portion of the salary that may be seized. Where there is only one seizing creditor, payment is made by means of a cheque drawn up…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Decisions and appeals

Article R824-27

…nt of the regional company shall immediately inform the persons with whom the statutory auditor was carrying out his duties of this measure.In the absence of an alternate statutory auditor, when a san…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses

Article R7227-27

Assembly councillors or executive councillors may claim, on presentation of supporting documents, reimbursement of the travel and subsistence expenses they incur when travelling to take part in meetin…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5123-26

…to pay the allowance to the beneficiaries of the cessation of activity on behalf of the company indicates the maximum number of employees who may be placed in cessation of activity during the period p…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-27

…of the European Union for the same reasons as those mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 421-26 may carry out an assignment in France for a period of ninety days or less, as part of the tem…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-27

…drawn up. The draft report is brought to the attention of the management of the audited entity, who may make comments, which are included in the final report. In the event of an emergency or where it…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2224-26

No person other than these employees or servants may, within the precincts of the markets, halls and ports, exercise the profession of weigher, measurer and gauge, on pain of confiscation of the instr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voting procedure and election results.

Article L2314-26

The election takes place by secret ballot in an envelope. It may also take place by electronic vote, in accordance with the procedures laid down by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat issued after consulti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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