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Showing 371380 of 35593 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 27-4-1982 n° 80-15.199

French Labour CodeIn force
Single subsection: Public policy.

Article L3141-27

The provisions of this section do not affect any contractual stipulations or practices which provide for higher holiday pay.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-27

The communes of Mayotte receive a special grant for the construction and equipment of schools.The amount of this grant is set at €10,531,615 for 2014. The grant is indexed in subsequent years to the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-27

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-27

For the application of articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26, each mandated employee is entitled to the time necessary to carry out his duties within the limits of a duration which, save in exceptional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Hyperbaric fitness certificate and hyperbaric prevention advisor certificate

Article R4461-27

I. - Only workers holding a certificate of aptitude for hyperbaric conditions issued following training provided in accordance with the conditions laid down in this section may work in hyperbaric envi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-27

The Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council shall meet in its new composition on the second Thursday following the publication of the order of the Prefect of Corsica provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking

Article R1251-27

Employees, social security bodies and social institutions have a direct claim against the substitute user undertaking, even when the latter has paid all or part of the sums it owes to the temporary em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Successive redundancies.

Article L1233-27

When a company or establishment usually employing at least fifty employees has made redundancies for economic reasons in the course of a calendar year involving more than eighteen employees in total,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article L7227-27

When an elected official who receives an official allowance and who has not interrupted any professional activity is unable to carry out his duties in the event of illness, maternity, paternity or acc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees.

Article D2573-27

I. - The articles D. 2252-1 and R. 2252-2 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For its application in French Polynesia, Article D…

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