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Showing 28812890 of 28915 articles for Art. Cons. conc. n° 91-D-42 du 22 Oct 1991

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Valuation of securities.

Article D3324-17

…ban on trading them for a period of five years, except in the cases provided for in Article R. 3324-22.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article D3345-1

…ithin the framework of 1° of I of article L. 3312-5, the documents which are filed on the tele-procedure platform mentioned in article D. 2231-4 under the conditions provided for in this article and i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article D3345-2

When ratification of an agreement is requested jointly by the employer and one or more employee trade union organisations or the social and economic committee, this is mentioned in the documents filed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III - Right to warn on public health and environmental issues

Article D4133-2

…register provided for in Article D. 4133-1. This alert is dated and signed. It indicates: 1° The products or manufacturing processes used or implemented by the establishment which the staff representa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment during school holidays

Article D4153-2

The employment of minors is authorised only during school holiday periods comprising at least fourteen working days or more and on condition that the persons concerned enjoy a continuous rest period o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Transfers

Article D3335-1

To obtain the transfer of sums held within a savings plan, the employee indicates to the company that he is leaving the assets he wishes to transfer, using the details given in the summary statement o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article D3345-3

…es makes no mention of a joint request or when a unilateral decision is taken according to the procedure provided for in 1° of II of article L. 3312-5, a certificate from the employer stating that he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Control by the administrative authority

Article D3345-7

…e unilateral adherence document indicates the choices made from among the options of the standard industry agreement mentioned in article D. 2232-1-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment of wages.

Article D3423-10

The procedures for applying article R. 3244-2 relating to the distribution of tips are determined by prefectoral order.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Use of work equipment

Article D4152-8

It is forbidden to employ pregnant or breastfeeding women to work with compressed air-powered jackhammers.

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