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Showing 84018410 of 64807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-2-2012 n° 10-22.863

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional platform organisations

Article L7343-21

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following shall be deemed to be professional organisations representing the platforms referred to in Article L. 7342-1 : 1° The professional trade unions referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L7311-2

The provisions of this Title apply to travellers, representatives or exclusive sales representatives, as well as to employees who, in addition to the actual and usual exercise of representation, agree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Occupational health inspector.

Article L8123-2

The provisions of this code relating to the powers and obligations of the labour inspectors mentioned in article L. 8112-1 are extended to medical labour inspectors with the exception of the provision…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Obstacles and offences

Article L8114-2

The provisions of articles L. 433-3, L. 433-5 and L. 433-6 of the French Penal Code, which respectively provide for and punish acts of violence, insult and resistance against officers of the judicial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for approval

Article R1253-20

The application for approval must be accompanied by the information and documents listed at 1° to 5° of article D. 1253-1, as well as the collective agreement that the employers' group intends to appl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Illness and accident

Article R1262-2

The declaration referred to in article L. 1262-4-4 shall be sent within two working days of the occurrence of the accident at work, by any means that can be relied upon to provide a date certain. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R1132-2

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person's initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent bod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Voluntary blood donation.

Article D1221-2

The remuneration paid by the employer to the donor in respect of his professional activity may be maintained during the time devoted to the donation without constituting payment within the meaning of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1222-2

The duties of a member of the Board of Directors are incompatible with those of a member of the establishment's Scientific Council or the Scientific Council of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Recording of offences

Article R1312-2

The agents referred to in article R. 1312-1 are authorised by a nominative order issued by the following authorities: 1° The Prefect of the département for local authority agents carrying out their du…

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