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Showing 30613070 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D4622-31

…hanges to the geographical or professional remit of the Occupational Health and Prevention Service; 3° The creation, deletion or modification of sectors; 4° The creation and abolition of posts for occ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-3

…6 and the last paragraph of article L. 1225-44, the words: "on the entry into force of law no. 2006-340 of 23 March 2006 on equal pay for men and women" are replaced by the words: "on 1st January 2018…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-35

…rvision by the European Central Bank pursuant to Article 6(4) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013 and credit institutions or investment firms which constitute a significant part…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to the State, its public establishments and unauthorised purchasers

Article R2223-3

Where the procedure for awarding a partnership contract has been launched on behalf of an unauthorised purchaser, the contract may only be signed with the express agreement of the ministers responsibl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-3

…ed, at the latest, two years after the entry into force of the aforementioned Act no. 90-1052 of 26 November 1990.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-32

…ided for by Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Article 56 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 does not apply to the processing mentioned in Article R. 142-26.The rights of i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-3

…to subscription by a limited number of persons, set by the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, acting on their own behalf.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Global performance contract

Article R2171-3

To award a global performance contract, the purchaser will use a number of criteria, including the criterion of overall cost and one or more criteria relating to the performance objectives defined on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Unfair breach of contract.

Article L1237-3

…f the new employer took on an employee whom he knew to be already bound by a contract of employment;3° If the new employer continued to employ the employee after learning that the employee was still b…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-55

…editors, as well as the related social security charges and, where applicable, agents' commissions;3° Expenditure relating to the use of consultants.When these expenses are incurred by the production…

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