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Showing 23412350 of 19667 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 novembre 2009 n° 08-21369

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article D6523-9

…e article;3° L'allocation de congé solidarité, instituée sur le fondement de l'article 15 de la loi n° 2000-1207 du 13 décembre 2000 d'orientation pour l'outre-mer.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-3

…during the penultimate year, in respect of the active solidarity income, pursuant to Article L. 262-24 du code de l'action sociale et des familles, de l'allocation personnalisée pour l'autonomie menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-7

Except where they are constituted as a disciplinary chamber, the deliberations of the councils of the ordre may be adopted by means of an electronic or audiovisual conference, under the conditions lai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-2

Persons holding a diploma of qualification in radiological and medical physics or a diploma in medical physics may practise the profession of medical physicist and hold the title of medical physicist.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-12

As soon as a payment service provider managing accounts has a dedicated interface complying with the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 Novembe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-6

The rules relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter II of Title IV of Book IV of the French Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-948 of 26 November 1987 determining the public companies a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Breaches of the rules concerning the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4755-3

…ver this debt is five years from the date of notification of the collection order. Articles 112 to 124, with the exception of the fourth paragraph of Article 117, of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-71

Subject to the application of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and the present section, all the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-2

…investment firms to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to Article L. 532-24 shall include the following information:1° An indication of the host country in which the firm in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-25

…exceeding the maximum forty-six-hour working week provided for in Articles L. 3121-23 and L. 3121-24 may be authorised for specific periods, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Eta…

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