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Showing 83418350 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

…not incurred. II - If the competent administrative authority grants the application for renewal, it may authorise all or part of this balance to be carried over to the new programme. If the agreement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article R6332-64

…inancing the management costs of the training insurance fund. The expenditure mentioned in 2° to 4° may not exceed a ceiling set by order of the Minister responsible for vocational training.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5126-40

…of articles R. 5126-49 to R. 5126-52 and when the absence is less than four months, the replacement may be carried out by a pharmacist who, fulfilling the conditions required by 1° and 2° of article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for authorisation to carry out certain sampling procedures

Article R6213-12

I.-Medical biologists who do not meet any of the conditions mentioned in article R. 6213-11 may only carry out the following procedures with a view to medical biology examinations, if they also prove…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

…stituted by Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 312-6, L. 312-8, L. 312-8-1, L. 312-9 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of Article L. 312-16 and Article L. 312-18 apply to this mechanism. For th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Manual changers

Article L572-1

…té de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-106

…e application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 15 November 2021 at the latest.This form must be accompanied by all documents required to prove that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database.

Article A38

…osome 2Chromosome 10Chromosome 12Chromosome 22Chromosome 2Chromosome 19Chromosomes X and Y Analyses may also include the following DNA segments:DNA SEGMENT OR "LOCUS"according to international nomencl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…RTICLE D. 1142-2-1 FOR COMPANIES WITH BETWEEN 50 AND 250 EMPLOYEES 1. Reference period The employer may choose a period of twelve consecutive months as the reference period for calculating the indicat…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-12

…local authority organising the ski lift service which he manages. The same safety management system may cover installations belonging to several lift operating authorities. The operational safety mana…

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