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Showing 60116020 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-7-1

…ditions provided for in Article L. 2232-10-1, if the branch agreement provides for this possibility and proposes, in the form of a standard agreement indicating the various choices left to the employe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-7-1

…hey are competent for the organisation of mobility.Mixed syndicates mentioned in articles L. 5711-1 and L. 5721-2 of this code with jurisdiction over mobility may, by reasoned decision, reduce or zero…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article D6145-61-7

I. - Public health institutions whose total income from the main profit and loss account, as recorded at the time of approval of the financial account, is equal to or greater than one hundred million…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: European Union trade mark

Article R*717-10-1

…he national trade mark application resulting from the request for conversion shall also be examined and registered or rejected under the conditions laid down in Article R. * 712-23-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article D5121-74-1-1

I.- The maximum value of the period referred to in the second paragraph of II of article L. 5121-12-1 is set at twelve months from the date on which the authorisation referred to in this article is gr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-7

…ity of the plan have been the subject of a joint examination by the State, the region in Guadeloupe and Reunion, the local authority in French Guyana and Martinique, the department in Mayotte, and the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78-1

I. - France Compétences invites the branches, by any means that provides a definite date of receipt of this request, to determine the level of funding for apprenticeship contracts, in accordance with…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Rights of persons detained in socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-70

The sentence enforcement judge may grant the detainee permission to leave under mobile electronic surveillance for one or more days in order to maintain family ties or to prepare for the end of the de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-7

For the sole purpose of monitoring a person who represents a serious threat to public security and order due to his or her radicalisation as a terrorist, the State representative in the department and…

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