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Showing 73017310 of 25965 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24-10-2019 n° 18-20.838

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions relating to the approval by employees of agreements negotiated by mandated employees or in application of Article L. 2232-12

Article R2232-5

Disputes relating to the electorate and to the regularity of the consultation shall fall within the jurisdiction of the judicial court, which shall have final jurisdiction. They shall be lodged within…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other pharmacists practising in a pharmacy for internal use

Article R5126-55

Assistant pharmacists and the pharmacists who replace them in the internal use pharmacies set up in prisons by virtue of article R. 5126-24 must, in addition, meet the conditions of practice set out i…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…ority. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-2-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the European Central Bank, as the case may be, shall decide on an application for the authorisation provided for in Article L. 511-10 withi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L242-1

The following shall not apply in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:-in Articles L. 211-18, L. 211-19 and L. 211-20, the words "or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area".

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Enhanced medical surveillance.

Article R4626-27

The following are entitled to enhanced medical surveillance: 1° The employees mentioned in article R. 4624-18; 2° Employees reinstated after long-term leave or long-term sick leave.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31

The investment of a UCITS in another UCITS governed by French or foreign law may not exceed the limit set in article R. 214-24 unless it has been authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers to b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-11

I.-The recorded data mentioned in Article R. 53-10, which specify the DNA segments identified, are accompanied by the following information: 1° The number of the proceedings in the context of which re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship.

Article R321-21

The possession of the national law degree provided for in 3° of

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up electoral rolls.

Article R713-41

The electoral roll commission is called upon to complete the list of persons who meet the condition set by Article L. 723-4 to be eligible for election to the office of commercial court judge in elect…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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