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Showing 11111120 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-9

For the application of article L. 1237-5 in Mayotte: a) The words: "in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code" are replaced three times by the words: "in the second paragraph of article 6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article R4422-36

…monuments and archaeological sites, belonging to the State, the list of which is annexed to decree no. 2003-1111 of 18 November 2003, taken in application of article 9 of law no. 2002-92 of 22 Januar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special schemes.

Article L351-14

…itlement to the allowances provided for in articles L. 351-3 and L. 351-10 are not met, adjustments may be made to these conditions of activity as well as to the duration of compensation and the rates…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-5

…R. 213-1 or by Regulation (EC) No 2320/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 establishing common rules in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-548

…additional days of rest granted as part of the reduction in working hours in application of decree no. 2002-9 of 4 January 2002 relating to working hours and the organisation of work in the establish…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…ions provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-10

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 1237-5-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1237-5-1-As from the date of publication of Order No. 2017-1491 of 25 October 2017, no collective agreement or arrangemen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-4

…provisions of the law of the consumer's habitual residence ensuring the transposition of Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2002, as amended, concernin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-50-3

…of measures imposed on an entity mentioned in IV of c or d of paragraph 2 of Article 1 of Directive 2002/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 June 2002 in application of the legisl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Community Designs

Article L515-1

Any infringement of the rights defined in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs constitutes an infringement giving rise to civil liability on the par…

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