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Showing 42714280 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Disputes arising during the performance of a contract of employment

Article R811-64

The President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires shall be seised as mediator of any dispute arising from the performance of the employment contract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Monitoring the state of health of mannequins in the workplace

Article R7123-6

The implementation of the derogation mentioned in article R. 7123-5 is subject to the conclusion and extension of a branch agreement, providing in particular for the methods of distributing the financ…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Candidatures and pre-election procedures.

Article R723-6

…date for several commercial courts at the same time. Declarations of candidacy are admissible until 6 p.m. on the twentieth day preceding that of the counting of votes in the first ballot. Declaration…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6

…l security and family allowance contributions) for the collection of family allowance contributions;2° Natural persons entered in the register of road passenger transport companies, who provide school…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-6

…erived from embryos, as part of an embryo research protocol authorised in application of Article L. 2151-5;2° Embryonic stem cells which have been the subject of an import authorisation in application…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6-1

…ected salary level. It includes, where applicable, the professional retraining project mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 5422-1 or the commitments provided for under the youth commitment contract me…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article D1112-67-1

For the application of article L. 1111-3-1, the healthcare establishments mentioned inarticle L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code provide their patients, following a stay or the provision of a ser…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-34

The information obtained may only be used as evidence with the consent of the Member State that transmitted it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

…irst paragraph do not prevent the judicial authorities from exercising their powers under Articles 12 and 13. Nor do they preclude the exercise of their powers by the authorities charged by law with s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-36

At the request of the Member State which transmitted the information, the service or unit which obtained it shall inform the competent service of that State of the use made of it.

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