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Showing 53215330 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formal notice prior to temporary cessation of activity.

Article R4721-10

If the action plan has not been received or at the end of the implementation period set in application of 2° of article R. 4721-6, if the labour inspection officer mentioned in article L. 8112-1 finds…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-10

…applicable, to crimes of torture within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment adopted in New York on 10 December 198…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-9

…L. 212-7 either before 4 January 1986, or on the expiry date of the previous agreement, the methods and bases of remuneration for performers are determined, for each sector of activity, by a commissio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 91-1

…I of the Criminal Code or where an offence against property is covered by Book III of the same Code and is accompanied by offences against the person, the investigating judge may decide that the civil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

…inal Code or when it concerns an offence against property provided for in Book III of the same Code and accompanied by offences against the person, the investigating judge notifies the civil party eve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-9

With a view to improving vocational training for employees with fixed-term employment contracts, an extended branch collective agreement or agreement or a company or establishment agreement or agreeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internship in speech and language therapy with a practitioner.

Article D4341-9

With the patient's consent, the trainee attends the activities of the training supervisor and participates, under the responsibility and in the presence of the training supervisor, in the professional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-10

…ticle L. 3121-21 is granted by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. It may only be granted in the event of exceptional circumstances leading temporarily…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-1

…ners working in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to contributions to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-10

On the basis of the risk assessment carried out for each workstation and referred to in article R. 4461-3, the employer shall draw up a workstation notice given to each worker in order to inform him o…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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