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Showing 18511860 of 35593 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 27-4-1982 n° 80-15.199

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-43

The Comité de concertation et de coordination de l'apprentissage du bâtiment et des travaux publics is an association governed by the law of 1 July 1901 relating to contracts of association. It is man…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-45

The Comité de concertation et de coordination de l'apprentissage du bâtiment et des travaux publics is subject to State economic and financial control.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Monitoring the state of health of mannequins in the workplace

Article R7123-4

The information and prevention visit provided for in articles R. 4624-10 to R. 4624-21 and the fitness medical examination provided for in articles R. 4624-23 to R. 4624-27 are carried out by the occu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R6113-43

The Board deliberates on the agency's work programme and the resources to be used to implement it. It also deliberates on the following matters: 1° The general organisation of the agency and its inter…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties common to home loans and consumer credit

Article R354-4

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article R. 354-5, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-4

…rvices implementing educational measures ordered by the judicial authority pursuant to l'ordonnance n° 45-174 du 2 février 1945relative à l'enfance délinquante or of articles 375 to 375-8 of the Civil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.

Article L142-4

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, articles L. 632-1 to L. 632-4 are applicable to pledges of goodwill.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune

Article L2573-4

The articles L. 2114-1 to L. 2114-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia, subject to the insertion, in article L. 2114-1, after the words: "decree of the Conseil d'Etat," of the words: "…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control of work permits

Article R5221-45

The declaration made by the employer in application of article R. 5221-27 for the recruitment of a foreign national holding a temporary residence permit or a visa for a stay of more than three months…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Priority for re-employment.

Article L1233-45

Employees made redundant for economic reasons have priority for re-employment for a period of one year from the date of termination of their contract, if they make a request during this period.In this…

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