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Showing 91119120 of 50010 articles for Art. CJEC – Metro I – 25 Oct. 1977 – case 26/76

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Medals and honours

Article D1442-27

The honorary members of an industrial tribunal may attend, alongside the members of the court, the installation hearings and the formal hearing provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-10

Failure to pay a 25% increase in salary for each hour of overtime worked in excess of one tenth of the duration stipulated in the contract, in breach of the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 31…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular insurance.

Article L132-28

I.-The intermediary referred to in Article L. 511-1 shall draw up agreements with the insurance or capitalisation undertakings offering individual insurance policies with surrender values, capitalisat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 697-4

The courts referred to in Article 697 based in Paris also have jurisdiction to hear crimes and offences committed outside the territory of the Republic by members of the French armed forces or against…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches.

Article L7322-1

The provisions of Chapter I are applicable to self-employed managers as defined in article L. 7322-2, subject to the provisions of this chapter. The company owning the branch is responsible for applyi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-8

I.-When the General Rapporteur intends to submit to the High Council a request for the provisional suspension of a statutory auditor pursuant to Article L. 824-7, it will notify the interested party o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6133-4

A health cooperation grouping set up as a public health establishment pursuant to Article L. 6133-7 is subject to Title I of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 779

I. - For the collection of transfer duties free of charge, an allowance of €100,000 is made on the share of each of the ascendants and on the share of each of the children living or represented as a r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-39

I.-Under the written procedure without a hearing provided for in III of Article L. 3211-12-2, the liberty and custody judge shall rule on applications to maintain or release the measure before the exp…

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