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Showing 26112620 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Courts.

Article R721-11

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may consult the council in the following areas:1° The training and ethics of commercial court judges;2° The organisation, operation and activity of commer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Setting up and running skills operators

Article R6332-11

The management tasks of a skills operator may not be entrusted directly or indirectly to a training provider organisation mentioned in article L. 6351-1 or to a credit institution. However, tasks rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-11

An existing on-trade public house may be transferred to the department in which it is located. Applications for authorisation to transfer are submitted to the State representative in the département.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-11

…economic situation of the companies and the situation of the employees affected by the dispute. He may make any enquiries of companies and trade unions and request the parties to forward any economic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-113

…it to carry out its duties.The staff representatives on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee may organise internal staff information meetings in the premises made available to the Committee. Th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Publication

Article R2331-11

Publications at national level may not be made before the request for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union has been sent to the Publications Office of the European Union.These pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial aid.

Article L5213-11

…abled worker, aid financed by the development fund for the professional integration of the disabled may be allocated by decision of the association mentioned in article L. 5214-1.This aid, requested b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substitute team

Article R3132-11

The daily working time of employees assigned to stand-in shifts may be up to twelve hours when the period during which such shifts are used does not exceed forty-eight consecutive hours. When this per…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4421-11

The sites council may validly deliberate, in each of its formations, only if the majority of its members are present or represented. When the quorum is not reached on a given agenda, the sites council…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D71-114-4

…authorises these enforcement measures in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 1617-24.Oppositions, when the matter falls within the jurisdiction of the judicial courts, are judged as…

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