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Showing 59015910 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 3: Benefits in kind

Article D3231-10

When the employer provides food, in whole or in part, this benefit in kind is valued by collective labour agreement. Failing this, food is valued per day at twice the guaranteed minimum or, for a sing…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts provided by health professionals

Article R427-10

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance closes the Fund's accounts for the past financial year after consulting the Management Board referred to in Article R. 427-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article D1233-10

If there is no social and economic committee, as a result of a failure to act recorded under the conditions provided for in article L. 2314-9, the employer shall attach to the notification of the prop…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to shareholders' meetings

Article L242-10

…hairman or directors of a public limited company who fail to submit the annual financial statements and the management report provided for in article L. 232-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-10

…ion do not apply to the health establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 3211-1 and article L. 3222-1, which receive patients with mental disorders on a permanent basis.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-10

The duties of members of the Board of Directors are performed free of charge. Travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed in accordance with the regulations applicable to civil servants.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation procedure.

Article R2324-10

…ion for authorisation is set by order of the ministers responsible for social affairs, the interior and youth.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-9

Inventions which are the subject of patent applications may not be disclosed and freely worked until authorisation has been granted to do so.During this period, patent applications may not be made pub…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-10

…Collective sanitation areas where they are required to ensure the collection of domestic wastewater and the storage, treatment and discharge or reuse of all the water collected; 2° Non-collective sani…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Electronic voting procedures

Article R2314-10

The employer shall set up a technical assistance unit responsible for ensuring the smooth operation and monitoring of the electronic voting system, including, where appropriate, representatives of the…

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