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Showing 45114520 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-36

…Labour and Employment or the authority which replaces him pursuant to articles R. 8111-8 and R. 4462-29 may, by decision taken after consulting the weapons inspector for powders and explosives, grant…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: The economic, social and environmental database

Article L2312-36

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-21, a regularly updated economic, social and environmental database brings together a range of information that the employer makes ava…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Interruption of proceedings.

Article 376

The interruption of proceedings does not relieve the judge of jurisdiction.The judge may invite the parties to inform him of their initiatives with a view to resuming the proceedings and strike out th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Tenderers.

Article 397

…mance of the commitments entered into, subject to their recourse against carriers and other agents. 2. For this purpose, the department to which the goods are represented shall give discharge only in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-36

…re thus registered, on their declarations: 1° The persons mentioned in 1° to 6° of I of article L. 123-1 ; 2° The commercial agents referred to in article L. 134-1; 3° Persons in the trades and crafts…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions common to all defendants.

Article 331

A third party may be impleaded for the purposes of condemnation by any party who is entitled to act against him as principal. He may also be impleaded by the party who has an interest therein in order…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-3

Industrial tribunal members are appointed for four years. Their term of office is automatically terminated in the event of loss of French nationality for any reason whatsoever.When the term of office…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Composition, election and term of office.

Article L2333-3

…very four years. However, a branch agreement, a group agreement or a company agreement, as the case may be, may set the term of office of staff representatives on group committees at between two and f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L623-31

Any nationally representative consumer defence association approved pursuant to Article L. 811-1 may ask the court, from the time the matter is referred to it under Article L. 623-1 and at any time, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article D123-321

The amounts of the fees payable pursuant to Article L. 123-54 are set, for each formality, by the tables in Appendix 1-4 of this book. No fee is payable in the event of amendments made by the keeper o…

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