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Showing 48314840 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the employment contract

Article R7413-4

…contract, the compensation due in the event of failure to observe the notice period, except in the case of termination for serious misconduct, is calculated on the average salary for the six months p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-11

Samples taken do not give rise to any payment by the State or, as the case may be, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-9

…ers request to be included on the agenda for the next meeting are automatically included. Except in cases of urgency, when they are to be discussed, these questions must be tabled at least fifteen day…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Neurosurgery

Article R6123-101

…and treatment of patients.This duty may be shared by several authorised neurosurgery sites. In this case, an agreement is drawn up between the authorisation holders for each site.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: Special conditions for the "addictive behaviour" option

Article D6124-177-57

…ondition, at least two individual or group treatment sequences are provided each working day in the case of full hospitalisation, or each time a patient is admitted on a part-time basis. Whenever nece…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Service obligations

Article R6152-352

…of service requirements, they may work a continuous period not exceeding twenty-four hours. In this case, the employee will be entitled to an equivalent amount of rest immediately after this period.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-927

…nd by a civil solidarity pact, a child or an ascendant. The duration of this leave may not, in this case, unless otherwise agreed, exceed one year, renewable once.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Hospital duties for pharmacy students.

Article R6153-85

…r full remuneration and one month's leave during which they receive half their remuneration. In all cases determined in the present article, they retain their full family allowances.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-44

…3° Repayment of the capital debt must not be covered by the proceeds of borrowings, except in the case of debt renegotiation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-6

…he encumbered asset if different from the debtor and their identification details, either : -in the case of a natural person, their forenames, surname and address of their principal place of business…

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