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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rules applicable to training hours

Article L6321-7

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 6321-6, the employee's refusal to participate in training activities outside working hours or the termination of the agreement under the conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-7

The body mentioned in article L. 4411-4 of the Labour Code and the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance which have received information pursuant to article R. 1341-2 of this Code shall ensure that i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales

Article A123-75

…st Groupings: 1° The registration references; 2° The name; 3° The address of the registered office; 4° The object; 5° The duration of the grouping where it is not indefinite; 6° The name or business n…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 778

The president shall refer to the oral hearing those cases which, on the basis of the lawyers' explanations and in view of the submissions exchanged and the exhibits communicated, appear to him to be r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-71

…scription or claims were drafted in a foreign language under the conditions laid down in article R. 612-21.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 602

If the usufructuary does not find a surety, the buildings are farmed or sequestered; The sums included in the usufruct are invested; The commodities are sold and the price from them is similarly inves…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the owner of the land to which the easement is owed

Article 699

In the very case where the owner of the land subject to the easement is charged by the title to make at his own expense the works necessary for the use or conservation of the easement, he may always f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 645

If a dispute arises between the owners to whom these waters may be useful, the courts, in adjudicating, must reconcile the interests of agriculture with the respect due to property; and, in all cases,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article R5141-7

…lowing are eligible for exemption from contributions and entitlement to benefits under Articles L. 161-1-1 and L. 161-24 of the Social Security Code: 1° Persons deprived of employment receiving the un…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…nding on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 o…

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