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Showing 30413050 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-61

…ons imposed on all public employees. They benefit from the protection provided by article 11 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants.They may not be entrusted…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-14

A purchaser may reserve the same contract or the same lot of a contract both for economic operators who meet the conditions of article L. 2113-12 and for those who meet the conditions of article L. 21…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-12

The employee adviser may be struck off the list by the Prefect, under the conditions set out in Article L. 1232-13.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…ork within the meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have habitually worked two hundred nights…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-5

The regulated legal professions to which the person whom the associations may associate pursuant to article L. 623-13 are lawyers and bailiffs.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Apprehension on court order

Article R222-15

…R. 222-13, the applicant may ask the clerk's office to affix the executory clau…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-9

Applicants authorised to continue on a skills consolidation programme may have their assignment deferred under the conditions defined in article R. 4221-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-1

…ant to Article 25(4)(a) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties.

Article R311-14

The cancellation provided for in article R. 311-13 may not be pronounced unless the operator has been notified in advance and invited to be heard in person or by a representative.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-14

No employee may be penalised or dismissed for exercising the right provided for in Article L. 2352-13. Any decision or act to the contrary shall be null and void.

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