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Showing 19111920 of 20071 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 octobre 1999 n° 97-16903

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities

Article R1253-43

…collective agreement, that agreement shall apply to the grouping set up pursuant to article L. 1253-19. Otherwise, all members choose the collective agreement they wish the grouping to apply, subject…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-10

…nt surpluses distributed among employees in application of article 33° of the aforementioned law of 19 July 1978 may be allocated in whole or in part to the constitution of the special profit-sharing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Dissolution

Article L5842-30

…ticle L. 5216-10:1° In the first paragraph the words: "the publication of law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 relating to the strengthening and simplification of inter-communal cooperation, the perimeter o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Continuing vocational training for young people under the age of twenty-six (R).

Article R4332-8

In 1999, the allocation mentioned in article R. 4332-6 is distributed between the regions according to the following three criteria: a) 80%, in proportion to the expenditure incurred by the State in 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Revitalisation by companies subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-38

…proceeds with a mass redundancy or a collective agreement termination mentioned in article L. 1237-19, the prefect(s) in the department(s) of the employment area(s) concerned shall inform it, within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 142…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-1

…he same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Communal and inter-communal social action centres (R).

Article R2113-14

…social action centre, created by application of article L. 2113-13, in its wording prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010de réforme des collectivités territoriales, is subject to the provis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-108

…le, by a reduction in the share capital pursuant to the article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, shall be completed in accordance with the rules laid down by the article 52 of Decree n° 78-70…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-8

The general meetings of the European Company shall be subject to the rules laid down in Section 3 of Chapter V of this Title in so far as they are compatible with the aforementioned Council Regulation…

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