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Showing 19711980 of 50800 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11-2-2009 n° 07-13.853

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operations

Article R515-11

The agency allocates, in accordance with regulations it draws up, an annual credit delegated to it by the State for the funding of projects proposed by non-governmental organisations. It appraises and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-11

On receipt of an application for authorisation, the AMF will check that it complies with the standard file provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 532-10 and, if it does, will examine it. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint committees

Article D2261-11

If an organisation does not send an authorised representative to the joint committee convened in application of article L. 2261-20, a new invitation is sent to it within one month by registered letter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article R3122-11

The purpose of monitoring the state of health of night workers is to enable the occupational physician to assess the possible consequences of night work for their health and safety, in particular due…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D3141-11

The approval of the controllers of the paid leave funds is issued for a period not exceeding five years by order of the prefect of the department in which the head office of the fund to which they bel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-11

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to maximum weekly working hours set out in articles L. 3121-20 to L. 3121-26 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. As many fines are imposed for each inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information annexed to the pay slip

Article D3171-11

In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, employees are informed of the number of hours of compensatory rest and mandatory time off credited to them by means of a document attached to the pay s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-11

A profit-sharing agreement concluded within a société coopérative de production may stipulate that the use of the special profit-sharing reserve in company shares, whatever the legal form of the compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Work involving exposure to dangerous chemical agents

Article D4152-11

The employer shall inform women of the potentially harmful effects of exposure to certain chemical substances on fertility, the embryo, the foetus or the child under the conditions set out in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-11

The duties of a member of the National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences are performed free of charge. However, the chairman of this committee receives a fixed monthly allowan…

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