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Showing 24612470 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-13

…four hours per month in companies or establishments with at least five hundred employees. This time may be exceeded in exceptional circumstances. Unless there is a collective agreement to the contrary…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-13

…ication for protective measures and the applications referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1136-12 shall be made before the judge hearing those proceedings. The claim shall be lodged, investig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-133

The maximum period of suspension of the possibility of obtaining equity securities by exercising rights attached to securities giving access to the capital, provided for the application of Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Resignation

Article R1237-13

…in particular, medical reasons, the exercise of the right of withdrawal provided for in article L. 4131-1, the exercise of the right to strike provided for in Article L. 2511-1, the employee's refusal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Traineeships

Article A742-13

The end-of-probation interview provided for in Article R. 742-15-1 takes place no later than three months after the end date of the probationary period.The date and place of the interview are set by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-13

…mentioned in the first paragraph or in 1° to 4° of the second paragraph of article 5 of the law of 31 December 1990 is prohibited to any natural or legal person practising in any form whatsoever: a)…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-13-1

In university hospital centres, the duties of occupational health physician may be entrusted to a university professor-hospital practitioner in occupational medicine under the conditions defined in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal voting.

Article R723-13

…f voters. At the close of the ballot, the secretary of the committee provided for in Article L. 723-13 shall write "postal vote" opposite the name of each voter on the voters' list. The chairman of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-13

…esentatives of the ministers responsible for higher education, research, health and social security may attend meetings of the independent scientific commissions in an advisory capacity.In the absence…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-137

…ommunication instead of postal means to comply with the formalities provided for in Articles R. 214-138, R. 214-143, R. 214-144, R. 214-153 and the last paragraph of Article R. 214-160 shall first obt…

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