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Showing 11711180 of 4145 articles for Art. Convention franco-américaine 1994

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and sampling

Article R241-10

Laboratories may be contracted by the French Anti-Doping Agency to analyse the substances and detect the processes mentioned in article L. 241-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Opposition.

Article L2231-9

Agreements subject to majority opposition and those which have not obtained the approval of the majority of employees, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter II, are deemed to be unwritten.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Effective date.

Article L2261-1

Unless otherwise stipulated, agreements are applicable from the day following their filing with the relevant department, under conditions determined by regulation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-2

The collective agreement defines the terms and conditions for managing the time savings account and sets out the conditions for using, liquidating and transferring rights from one employer to another.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article L612-4

Any clause or agreement obliging the consumer, in the event of a dispute, to have compulsory recourse to mediation prior to bringing the matter before the court is prohibited..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028 quater

Agreements concluded pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 142-6 and article L. 181-38 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are exempt from registration duties.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1075-1

When an application for compensatory allowance is made to the judge or provided for in an agreement, each spouse shall produce the declaration on their honour referred to in article 272 of the Civil C…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1544

The parties, assisted by their lawyers, shall work jointly, under the conditions laid down in the agreement, to reach an agreement putting an end to the dispute between them or to the preparation of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation and management of the scheme.

Article L5134-62

A branch agreement or collective agreement may lay down the conditions under which the employees referred to in article L. 5134-54 benefit from support and skills assessment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training agreement between the purchaser of training and the training organisation.

Article L6353-1

In order to carry out the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1, an agreement is signed between the purchaser and the organisation that provides them, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid…

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