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Showing 56515660 of 8536 articles for Art. CE 27-11-2019 n° 418379

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate

Article R2143-6

In the absence of an agreement, the decision to withdraw the trade union delegate mandate provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2143-11 is taken by the regional director of companies, com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-36

The national list of medical accident experts is published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The initial list and its annual updates, published under the same conditions, are sent to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation

Article D2373-2

…mittee of the company resulting from the cross-border operation are: 1° Either appointed in accordance with the procedures defined in Articles D. 2372-6 to D. 2372-9 ; 2° Or elected in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-4

Private practice companies and private practice financial holding companies for dispensing pharmacists must be registered in the appendix to the register referred to in articles L. 4222-1 and L. 4232-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

I. - From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-14

…I may not, even with the consumer's agreement, begin to be performed during the first seven days, except in the case of the assigned credit agreements referred to in Article L. 222-11, which may not b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-22

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, more than half of the permanent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory licences

Article R613-4

Applications for a compulsory licence pursuant to articles L. 613-11 to L. 613-15 shall be submitted to the courts designated in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 615-17. They shall be lodg…

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

Article R521-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of the prefects and the organisation and action of the State services in the regions and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-7-1

…11 is made public and includes information relating to the organisation's company name, its workforce, a description of the training courses provided and the number of employees and persons trained.

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