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Showing 23512360 of 47238 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 3-5-1956

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3663-5

The amount of expenditure resulting from increases and decreases in charges is established for each competence transferred by a joint order of the ministers responsible for local authorities and the b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-5

Disabled persons mentioned in 2° and 3° of article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code, who receive a social benefit linked to total incapacity for work, may not be registered on the list of jobseeke…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-5

The Labour Inspector's decision shall state the reasons on which it is based. It is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt: 1° To the employer; 2° To the employee; 3° To the tra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-52

The provisions of sub-sections 1 and 2 of this code also apply to the physiotherapy students mentioned in article L. 4321-3. Infringements of these provisions are the responsibility of the disciplinar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: TERRITORIAL AND RURAL BALANCE CENTRES

Article L5741-5

The trade union council of the territorial and rural balance cluster may propose that the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that make it up merge under the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-5

Failure to comply with the administrative decisions referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 8272-1 and in articles L. 8272-2 or L. 8272-4 is punishable by two months' imprisonment and a fine…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-5

Where the official receiver declares himself incompetent or establishes the existence of a serious dispute, he shall, by specially reasoned order, refer the parties to a better court and invite, as th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-5

I.-In each currency, the equalisation adjustment referred to in Article R. 351-4 is calculated in accordance with the following principles: 1° The equalisation adjustment must be equal to the differen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units.

Article D6431-58

The doctors, pharmacists and odontologists are recruited by the director of the agency after consulting the medical committee. The heads of the medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units are appo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident

Article D1226-5

Allowances received by the employee from social security and supplementary provident schemes are deducted from the additional compensation, but in the latter case only the portion of benefits resultin…

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