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Showing 36713680 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-11

…edure is null and void, in accordance with the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article L. 1235-10, it may order the continuation of the employment contract or declare the dismissal null and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…he intermediate parent undertaking in the Union in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 613-41. A group whose parent undertaking is established in a third country which carries on business in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-11

The commission's secretariat is provided by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Banking Inclusion Observatory

Article R312-11

…its Chairman, the Observatory may hear any expert.In the event of a tied vote, the chairman has the casting vote.The Observatory's secretariat is provided by the Banque de France.The Observatory shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article R1435-11

The inspector carries out his duties under the authority of a public health inspector, a public health pharmacist inspector, a public health medical inspector, a health and social action inspector, a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Capital grants (R).

Article D5212-11

The right to an increase in the capital grant provided for in articles D. 5212-8 to D. 5212-10 is open for a period of five years from the date of creation of the syndicat de communes.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Other special provisions

Article R4226-11

Electric welding equipment which, in normal operation, presents particular risks of electric shock must be built and used in accordance with the safety regulations laid down by order of the Minister f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Staff representative bodies

Article R713-11

The term of office for employee representatives on health, safety and working conditions committees is set at three years.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-144

…al clients as referred to in article L. 533-16 and for foreign investors belonging to an equivalent category under the law of the country to which they belong.The General Regulation of the Autorité de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12

I.-A case may be referred to the liberty and custody judge within whose jurisdiction the reception facility is located, at any time, with a view to ordering the immediate release of a psychiatric care…

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