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Showing 591600 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-13

…eement mentioned in article L. 3142-26, in order to terminate the leave early or to waive it in the cases provided for in article L. 3142-19, the employee must send a reasoned request to the employer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Business secrecy.

Article R463-13

…thority within one month of the date on which the material was obtained by the Authority. In urgent cases, this time limit may be reduced by the General Rapporteur, in particular to allow the Authorit…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L947-13

…dded: I. - To the list of candidates declared elected, the committee provided for by Article L. 723-13 shall append a supplementary list containing the names, positions and residences of the candidate…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-13

…the following must be submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to in 4° and 5° of Article 1031-9 ;2° A copy of the service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration for placement services.

Article L7121-13

…performing artist benefiting from the placement, be paid in whole or in part by the artist. In this case, the artistic agent will give the artist a receipt for the payment made by the latter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Service contracts.

Article R5323-13

…gency sends to the public employment service agency commissioning the placement service and, in all cases, to Pôle emploi, the information relating to the jobseeker that is necessary, in particular: 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133-1

In the cases provided for by articles 125,127and 133, when the person is detained by the police or gendarmerie before being brought before a magistrate, the public prosecutor for the place of arrest i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-13

In the cases provided for in Article L. 613-16, the matter is referred to the commission by reasoned decision of the Minister responsible for industrial property, taken at the request of the Minister…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-13

…ve been obtained within one month of the referral. This period is reduced to fifteen days in urgent cases at the request of the representative of the State. The Territorial Council may submit proposal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-13

…withdrawn from the market or its placing on the market made subject to special conditions. In such cases, a notice in the Official Journal of the French Republic specifies the equipment concerned and…

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