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Showing 971980 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-8

If the conditions for retirement are not met, the employer's termination of the employment contract constitutes redundancy.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: Citizen participation in the trial of criminal cases.

Article R2

For the application of article 264-1, the prefect's order apportioning the number of jurors pursuant to article 260 is issued before the end of January each year or, in Paris, before the end of March.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-2

The spouses may not mutually consent to their divorce by deed under private signature countersigned by lawyers where: 1° The minor, informed by his or her parents of his or her right to be heard by th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-4

The lawyer shall send the spouse he or she is assisting, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a draft agreement, which may not be signed, on pain of nullity, before the expiry of a pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

Where the spouses agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects, they shall record, each assisted by a lawyer, their agreement in an agreement in the form of a private deed countersigned by t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-3

Consent to the divorce and its effects cannot be presumed. The agreement shall expressly include, on pain of nullity: 1° The surname, forenames, profession, residence, nationality, date and place of b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Voluntary retirement.

Article L1237-9

Any employee who voluntarily leaves the company to receive an old-age pension is entitled to a retirement allowance.The rate of this allowance varies according to the employee's length of service with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Voluntary retirement.

Article L1237-10

An employee requesting retirement must give notice for a period determined in accordance with Article L. 1234-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Voluntary retirement.

Article L1237-9-1

Employees receive training in the fight against cardiac arrest and in lifesaving techniques before they retire. The content, scope and implementation of this article shall be defined by decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L1237-4

Provisions relating to the retirement of employees contained in a collective agreement, a collective labour agreement or an employment contract are applicable provided that they do not conflict with l…

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