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Showing 15411550 of 57821 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-2-2010 n° 08-21.333

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-33

The end-of-assignment indemnity is not due: 1° When the assignment contract is concluded under 3° of article L. 1251-6 if an extended collective agreement between the professional organisations of emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-34

By way of derogation from the provisions of Articles L. 1251-12 and L. 1251-12-1 relating to the maximum duration of the assignment contract, when a temporary employee is exposed to ionising radiation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-31

When the assignment contract is concluded to replace an employee who is temporarily absent or whose employment contract has been suspended, or for a replacement carried out under 4° and 5° of Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-32

When, at the end of an assignment, the employee does not immediately benefit from an employment contract of indefinite duration with the user company, he is entitled, by way of additional pay, to an e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other missions.

Article R1142-39

The National Commission may make proposals to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health for the improvement and uniform implementation of the system for compensating for the consequences of h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other missions.

Article R1142-38

The National Commission for Medical Accidents assesses the conditions under which expert assessments are carried out by the commissions referred to in article L. 1142-5 and makes recommendations on th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article L1424-32

Each departmental or territorial fire and rescue service is placed under the authority of a departmental director of fire and rescue services, assisted by a deputy departmental director.The department…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article L1424-33

The departmental director of fire and rescue services is placed under the authority of the State representative in the department for:- the operational management of the fire and rescue service and it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-34

For the purposes of Article L. 613-33, where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution finds that an institution is infringing or is likely to infringe the provisions of Regulation (EU) No…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Interruption of the payment period

Article R2192-30

When the authorising officer and the public accountant do not belong to the same legal entity and have agreed on a conventional payment period under the conditions set out in Article 12 of Decree no.…

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