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Showing 96319640 of 59844 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5-1-2012 n° 10-12.741

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-17

During the notice period, the employer grants the employee a reasonable period of time in which to look for a new job, if he so requests.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Financial provisions relating to advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-14

Committee members and rapporteurs are reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the regulations applicable to civil servants. Only missions carried out at the request of the Ch…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Payment by bank transfer of final levies, withholding taxes and the annual contribution on rental income

Article 1681 quinquies

1. The levies provided for in Articles 117 quater and 125 A and the levies established, liquidated and recovered according to the same rules, as well as the withholding tax provided for in Article 119…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-19

The services listed under numbers 79 to 92 of Table 3-1 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of service Fee 79 Summon…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6145-1

Public health institutions are subject to the budgetary, financial and accounting regime defined by the provisions of Title I of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-1

The submission of an application using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 431-2 will result in the immediate issue of a dematerialised online submission certificate. This document does not provid…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-12-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 663-12-1, the emolument due to the court-appointed administrator for the work he has carried out in connection with new cash contributions pursuant to t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination of prevention.

Article R4511-11

The head of the user undertaking and the heads of external undertakings shall make the information mentioned in article R. 4511-10 available: 1° To the competent social and economic committee; 2° To t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-15

Practitioners appointed under 4° or 5° of article R. 6152-7 are classified in the post of hospital practitioner, taking into account :1° The legal length of national service and compulsory military se…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-1

…ciations; 5° Two representatives of professional organisations. The provisions of Article 74 of Law n° 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men and of décret n° 2015-354 du 27…

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