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Showing 13811390 of 50630 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 28-2-2018 n° 17-13.269

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R3123-17

The benefit of training leave is by right to carry out a training course or attend a training session meeting the criteria set out in article R. 3123-9. It may, however, be refused if the operational…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R4135-17

The benefit of training leave is by right to carry out a training course or attend a training session meeting the criteria set out in article R. 4135-9. It may, however, be refused if the operational…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to regional unions of health professionals whose members are appointed

Article D4031-17

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security sets the allocation of seats in each union between the trade union organisations. This distribution is established by proportional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and meetings.

Article R5312-17

The General Manager shall provide secretarial services for the Board of Directors. A copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Board of Directors, signed by the Chairman, is sent to the members of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-17

I.-When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency grants authorisation for healthcare activities for the first time to a healthcare cooperation grouping whose constituent agreement he has pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in materials vigilance.

Article R5212-17

Reports are made :1° To the local materiovigilance correspondent when these reports are made by users or third parties who carry out their duties in one of the establishments or associations mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-179

Deeds and formalities relating to judicial partition and judicial voluntary sales give rise to the collection of fees in accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formali…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-17

Under the financial section mentioned in 2° of Article L. 6332-3 relating to actions contributing to the development of skills for the benefit of companies with fewer than fifty employees: 1° The cost…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-177

…exceed thirty-eight months. However, authorisations granted prior to the date of publication of loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001 relative aux nouvelles régulations économiques shall remain valid until t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-178

The authorisation granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting entails the express waiver by shareholders, in favour of the beneficiaries of the options, of their pre-emptive right to subscribe for th…

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