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Showing 18011810 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-5

…The benefits mentioned in 1° are those of the schemes mentioned in articles 23-7 and 23-8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte ; b) A of 2° does…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-2

…ract may not exceed the legal weekly and daily working hours set by articles L. 3121-18 and L. 3121-27 respectively. The maximum weekly working time set out above refers to all hours actually worked o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-1

…r, failing that, those of a branch agreement, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 3121-27 to L. 3121-33, and L. 3121-35 to L. 3121-40 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Infringements g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article R2543-1

The provisions of articles R. 1612-27 to R. 1612-31 shall not apply to communes in the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin. The provisions of article R. 1612-10, and articles R. 1612-19 to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-29

…committee is responsible for examining problems concerning the services governed by article R. 2512-27. This committee is consulted on all draft decisions concerning the management of common services…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-24

…s by the in-house pharmacy of the health establishment designated in application of article R. 6111-27 to provide public hospital service, the in-house pharmacy has premises located within the prison…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-18

…prescribed by the general interoperability reference framework mentioned in Article 11 of Ordinance no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 relating to electronic exchanges between users and administrative a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial imbalance

Article D6143-39

…directors are functional posts in the hospital civil service pursuant to 4° of Article 1 of Decree No. 2005-922 of 2 August 2005 ; b) 3% of total income from the main profit and loss account for the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-4

…in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7.From 2005, the annual increase in the balance of the departments' overall operating grant after deduction…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article R511-2-1-1

…been approved by a competitiveness cluster within the meaning ofArticle 24 of the French FinanceAct no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 ; b) A grant has been awarded by the European Commission…

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