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Showing 45214530 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-413-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 6152-413, a contractual practitioner who has an open-ended contract as provided for in article R. 6152-403 may be dismissed, after receiving the opini…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to travel agencies and tour operators.

Article L421-4

The rules relating to the scope and basis of assessment of the value added tax applicable to services provided by travel agents and tour operators are set out in articles 262 bis and 263 of the French…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2321-4

The agreement provided for in article L. 2321-2 sets the number of delegation hours from which the elected members of the works council participating in negotiations benefit. This number may not, save…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book III: Provisions specific to certain matters

Article 1441-4

The special provisions for claims heard by the judicial courts and courts of appeal specially designated pursuant to Articles L. 211-16 , L. 311-15 and L. 311-16 of the Code de l'organisation judiciai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-4

When the rapporteur general proposes that the Autorité de la concurrence apply the provisions of III of Article L. 464-2, the parties and the Government Commissioner are informed either by a letter fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-4

In order to verify employees' entitlement to the replacement income provided for in article L. 5421-2, the information held by the caisse de congés payés des professions de la production cinématograph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article R4321-41

Half of the members of the national disciplinary chamber elected in application of 2° of article R. 4321-39 shall be renewed in two parts, one consisting of two members representing private practice m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-4

For the purposes of this chapter, mutual insurers governed by the Mutual Code and provident institutions referred to in Article L. 931-1 of the Social Security Code and Article L. 727-2 of the Rural a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-4

Periods of work experience are the subject of an agreement between the beneficiary, the structure in which the work experience is provided, the body responsible for prescribing the measure as referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L7342-4

Article L. 7342-2 and the first two paragraphs of article L. 7342-3 do not apply when the turnover generated on the platform is below a threshold set by decree. For the purposes of calculating the con…

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