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Showing 11511160 of 30762 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-5-2003 n° 676

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-5

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-5

The provisions of Articles 72, 75, 76, 77, 80, 87, 88, 89 and 90 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) shall apply to the clinical investigations provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 82 of Regulatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L3121-54

A fixed number of hours may be worked on a weekly, monthly or annual basis. Days are calculated on an annual basis.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits

Article L3121-56

Any employee may enter into an individual agreement for a fixed number of hours per week or per month. An individual agreement for a fixed number of hours over the year may be concluded, within the li…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L3121-55

The lump-sum payment of working hours must be agreed by the employee and set out in a written individual lump-sum agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L3121-53

Working hours may be converted into hours or days under the conditions set out in sub-sections 2 and 3 of this section.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements with order forms and contracts with optional tranches

Article R2191-51

In the case of a framework agreement with order forms or a contract with optional tranches, either a single copy or a certificate of transferability of the contract, or a single copy or a certificate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6271-5

…and the State, in the penultimate year preceding that of the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-5

…and the State, in the penultimate year preceding that of the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-51

Practitioners covered by these Staff Regulations may be seconded either at their own request or automatically.Secondment on request may only take place in one of the following cases:1° Secondment to a…

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