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Showing 20012010 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article R541-11

The period of time after which the AMF's silence on applications for professional certification from bodies organising examinations to verify the professional knowledge of financial investment adviser…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint committees

Article D2261-11

If an organisation does not send an authorised representative to the joint committee convened in application of article L. 2261-20, a new invitation is sent to it within one month by registered letter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employer representation at national and multi-sectoral level

Article R2152-11

Compliance with the criteria defined in 2° and 3° of Article L. 2152-2 is assessed by the Minister for Employment, who ensures that the amount of the contribution paid is sufficient to establish that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article R3121-11

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-23, exceeding the average weekly working time of forty-four hours is granted under the conditions defined in Article R. 3121-10.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R2623-11

The alternate members of the Conciliation Committee are appointed under the same conditions as the full members. They sit in the absence of the full members.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-11

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to maximum weekly working hours set out in articles L. 3121-20 to L. 3121-26 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. As many fines are imposed for each inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use

Article R3262-11

When an employee leaves the company, he gives the employer the meal vouchers in his possession. They are reimbursed for the amount of their contribution to the purchase of these vouchers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article R3332-11

The additional sums that the company has undertaken to pay into the plan are allocated at the same time as the member's payments or, at the latest, at the end of each financial year and before the mem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-116

Up to 50% of the number of elected representatives on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and at the joint request of the trade unions represented on the Committee, local representatives may b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-111

Time spent exercising their mandate as employee representatives is automatically considered as working time and paid at the normal rate.

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