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Showing 551560 of 35468 articles for Art. CAA Douai 17-3-2022 n° 19DA01635

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-17

Delegation hours are automatically considered as working time and paid at the normal rate. If the employer wishes to contest the use made of delegation time, he must refer the matter to the courts.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation

Article R4021-17

The members of the bodies of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu (National Agency for Continuing Professional Development) receive fixed allowances for their work, under condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 9: Transfers

Article A743-17

I.-The transfers referred to in the third paragraph of Article R. 743-140 shall give rise to the collection of the following fees:1° With regard to the diligence of each transmission of a deed, decisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-17

Pursuant to article L. 1422-2, employees and employers working on the site of an aerodrome within the jurisdiction of an industrial tribunal are candidates for this tribunal.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R3133-17

If the contracting authority has recourse to a service provider whose intervention is a condition for the payment of the sums due, the intervention of the latter does not modify the payment deadline i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions contained in Community regulations or international treaties and agreements which the customs administration is required to apply.

Article 17 bis

The Minister responsible for customs shall adopt the measures necessary to implement the regulations laid down by the European Union or by international treaties or agreements duly ratified or approve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-17

A councillor who refuses to be installed or who has been declared to have resigned may, of his own motion or at his own request, be relieved of the incapacity provided for in article L. 1441-10.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-17

Articles R. 611-2 to R. 611-5 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to the communication of pleadings and exhibits, the first paragraph of article R. 611-7 relating to the grounds raised ex o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-17

Any modification likely to affect the safety of a ski lift or conveyor belt must be declared to the prefect at least one month before it is implemented. To this end, the project owner must send the Pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General rules (R)

Article R4134-17

The opinions of the Regional Economic, Social and Environmental Council are adopted by a majority of the votes cast and mention the positions of minorities. The regional economic, social and environme…

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