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Showing 531540 of 4120 articles for Art. CISG – Vienna Convention 1980

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-1

When a municipality wishes to carry out placement operations, it sends its request for an agreement to the Prefect and Pôle emploi. A copy of the municipal council's decision authorising the mayor to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Ability to negotiate.

Article L2231-1

The agreement is concluded between : - on the one hand, one or more trade union organisations representing employees within the scope of the agreement ;- on the other hand, one or more employers' trad…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Denunciation by one of the signatory employers or employees.

Article L2261-11

Where the denunciation is made by only some of the signatory employers or signatory employees, it does not prevent the agreement from remaining in force between the other signatory parties. In this ca…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1555

The participatory procedure is extinguished by: 1° The expiry of the participatory procedure agreement; 2° The early termination of the agreement in writing by the parties assisted by their lawyers; 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: The youth passbook.

Article R221-98

To be authorised to open youth passbooks, the establishments and organisations mentioned in article R. 221-76 must first sign an authorisation agreement with the State setting out their commitments. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Authorisation of establishments

Article R1261-26

I.-Public partner institutions within the meaning of II of article R. 1261-19 enter into an agreement with the institution authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1261-1 of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…rised to set up a tax-free provision, by deduction from the taxable profits for the financial years 1980 to 1996, exclusively allocated to the acquisition of equipment and buildings strictly necessary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-28

The agreement signed to set up one or more integration workshops and work camps includes in particular : 1° A presentation of the integration project of the approved organisation, specifying : a) The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-1

The constituent agreement of the National Cancer Institute is approved by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, research and health.In particular, it sets out the extent of the powers exe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-13

The Minister for Labour publishes a report on employees in very small companies who are not covered by a collective agreement, a branch agreement, a set of agreements or a special status, and sets up…

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