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Showing 49014910 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-11

In an emergency, the organisation providing care for the disabled worker may provisionally admit the person concerned, subject to forwarding his or her file to the Commission des droits et de l'autono…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-11

…m. II.The payee's payment service provider has effective procedures in place, including, where applicable, a posteriori or real-time control, to detect any absence of the following information on the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-1

…s outside their professional activities, the deadline for the policyholder to exercise the right to cancel the contract must be stated with each annual premium or contribution due date notice. If this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-11

…January of the year following that in which the decrees provided for in articles L. 2122-11 and L. 2152-6 are published.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination of prevention.

Article R4511-11

…le: 1° To the competent social and economic committee; 2° To the competent occupational physicians; 3° To the labour inspectorate; 4° To agents of the prevention services of social security organisati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-10

…ies, even those who have not lodged an objection. The summons shall contain: 1° Its date; 2° An indication of the court before which the opposition is brought; 3° An indication of the date of the hear…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14

…ith the conditions of seniority and access set out in paragraph 1 of this section and in article R. 6323-10, as well as the ability of the training provider, as required by article L. 6316-1, to provi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 D

…n tax status may, by a deliberation of general scope taken under the conditions defined in Article 1639 A bis, exempt from the business property tax: 1° From the year following that of their establish…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R*712-23-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 712-23-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-11

…e on the terms and conditions of termination of their employment contract.A contractual termination cannot be imposed by either party, and cannot be used as an alternative to dismissal or resignation.…

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