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Showing 1120 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-3

The information held by social security bodies may be reconciled with that held by Pôle emploi to ensure compliance with registration rules and verify employees' entitlement to the replacement income…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-5

The Caisse de Congés payés des professions de la production cinématographique et audiovisuelle et des spectacles, the institutions of the supplementary pension schemes of these professions and the soc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, determines the conditions for application of articles L. 5427-1 to L. 5427-5.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-4

In order to verify employees' entitlement to the replacement income provided for in article L. 5421-2, the information held by the caisse de congés payés des professions de la production cinématograph…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-2

Employees of social security bodies may provide Pôle emploi with the information required to calculate benefits.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5411-1

Two or more departmental councils may initiate between themselves, through their presidents, an agreement on objects of departmental utility included in their attributions and which interest both thei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5411-2

Matters of common interest are discussed at conferences at which each departmental council is represented. Decisions taken there are not binding until they have been ratified by all the departmental c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Aid schemes set up by administrative agreements

Article 711-2

Financial aid is awarded within the framework defined by the agreement relating to the bilateral fund for co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian works, signed in Paris on 12 July 2019.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to a private-sector body by agreement or convention.

Article R5427-1

Pôle emploi provides the social security bodies with the information they need to guarantee the social rights of those receiving replacement income.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Precipitation.

Article 1518

When the community is dissolved during the lifetime of the spouses, there is no need to issue the precipitate; but the spouse in whose favour it has been stipulated retains his rights for the event of…

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