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Showing 931940 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts that the tutor may not perform

Article 509

…form acts which involve a gratuitous alienation of the property or rights of the protected person except as stated in relation to gifts, such as the remission of a debt, the gratuitous renunciation of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1144-5

The divorce agreement shall fix the apportionment of its costs between the spouses subject to the application of the provisions of Article 123 of Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 where one of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds concerning the transfer of assets by succession or gift

Article A444-62

The cantonment of the emolument by the legatee or surviving spouse (number 7 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the sum cantoned, according to the following scale…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-65

…f decree no. 82-447 of 28 May 1982 relating to the exercise of trade union rights in the civil service are applicable to civil servants represented on the ministerial administrative social committee a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-66

…anisations with at least one seat on the social committee of the administration of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre concerned, and on the other hand the trade union organisations…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-67

The quotas of leave of absence and time off work mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 12 of the aforementioned decree of 3 April 1985 are calculated for each representative trade union organisation of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-6

…pril 2017 and persons admitted to a health or social establishment for purposes other than performance studies may be asked to take part in performance studies which do not involve any risk or constra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-61

When an employee who has entered into a fixed number of days agreement receives remuneration that is clearly unrelated to the duties imposed on him, he may, notwithstanding any contractual clause to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-60

The employer must regularly check that the employee's workload is reasonable and that the work is spread out over the right amount of time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-62

Employees who have entered into a fixed number of days agreement are not subject to the provisions relating to : 1° The maximum daily working time provided for in article L. 3121-18 ; 2° The maximum w…

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