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Showing 53715380 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article R1423-55

…of employee representative: a) Taking the oath ; b) Setting up the industrial tribunal ; c) Attendance at general meetings of the Council, section or chamber meetings and the restricted formation prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-5

Is an advanced electronic seal with qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-5 an electronic seal in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliam…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-5

In order to be taken into account, the member must have paid, by 31 March of the year of the declaration of candidacy provided for in article L. 2152-5, all the contributions due for the previous year…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-7-2

…e suspension provided for in articles L. 335-7 and L. 335-7-1 and determine the length of the sentence, the court shall take into account the circumstances and seriousness of the offence, as well as t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

…concluded between the French executive production company and the production company whose head office is located outside France, or any preparatory document attesting to its intention to contract wit…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VIII: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R281-5

For the application of this book in Mayotte: 1° The references to the benefits mentioned in articles L. 160-8 and L. 160-9 of the Social Security Code are replaced by the reference to the benefits men…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-5

The following are authorised to collect the balance of the apprenticeship tax in respect of the expenditure mentioned in 1° of Article L. 6241-4:1° Public secondary schools ;2° Private secondary educa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-511-1

Assistants must have completed at least two years of full-time service before they can be recruited as part-time hospital assistants. An assistant who has worked full-time or part-time for six years m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment.

Article R6152-508-1

…pital medical staff status until he/she is appointed for a probationary period in the speciality concerned in a post corresponding to the functions for which he/she was recruited; 2° The undertaking b…

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