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Showing 941950 of 56775 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-1-1997 n° 80

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Dismissal of the Conseiller prud'homme.

Article L2411-22

Dismissal of an employee representative may only take place with the authorisation of the labour inspector.This authorisation is also required for :1° An industrial tribunal member who has ceased his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local Delegations and Central Council of Section E.

Article D4233-22

The delegates from the overseas collectivities mentioned in article L. 4232-11 and their alternates are elected by all the pharmacists in each delegation, divided into colleges as follows:1° "Pharmacy…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-22

An annual or multi-annual mission statement sets out the detailed content of the tasks entrusted to each member of staff working as a technical sports advisor and the terms and conditions of their inv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Catering and rest

Article R4228-22

In establishments with at least fifty employees, the employer, after consulting the social and economic committee, provides them with catering facilities. The number of employees and the fact that the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-22

At least two months before the date of the election, the State representative shall issue a call for candidates for the seats of the members to be elected. This call shall inform the electing pharmaci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants.

Article D4241-22

In addition to the decentralised authority mentioned in article D. 4241-20 who chairs it, this commission comprises: 1° Seven full members and seven alternate members representing pharmacists, propose…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals staying as au pairs

Article L426-22

A foreigner aged between eighteen and thirty who is taken in temporarily by a family of a different nationality with whom he or she has no family ties, with the aim of improving his or her language sk…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-22

The provisions of articles L. 211-9, L. 211-10 and L. 211-13 to L. 211-19 are applicable to the fonds de garantie des assurances obligatoires de dommages instituted by article L. 421-1, in its dealing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-22

The town council may, during each meeting, set up committees responsible for studying questions submitted to the council either by the administration or on the initiative of one of its members.The com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article R1446-22

The Specialised Commission on Mental Health comprises no more than fifteen members elected from the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1446-8,…

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