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Showing 51015110 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-2

…le upon receipt of the declaration mentioned in article L. 1262-2-1, the absence of payment of sums due in respect of one of the fines provided for in articles L. 1263-6, L. 1264-1, L. 1264-2 or L. 81…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-2

Article L. 1262-4-1 does not apply to individuals who contract with a service provider established outside France for their personal use, that of their spouse, their partner in a civil solidarity pact…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-2

…determines the criteria used to select the Committee's suppliers and service providers and the procedure for purchasing supplies, services and works. The contracts committee chooses the committee's su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-3

…e are appointed by the Social and Economic Committee from among its full members. The rules of procedure of the social and economic committee set out the committee's operating procedures, the number o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-4

…f his or her employment contract. An employee's refusal to work on Sunday does not constitute misconduct or grounds for dismissal. The collective agreement or the measures proposed by the employer men…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-4

Employees with a professional prevention account may ask their employer for professional retraining leave, under conditions specified by decree, in order to follow all or some of the training courses…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2-4

…n examination by the occupational physician, in particular to study the implementation of the individual adaptation measures provided for in article L. 4624-3, organised at the initiative of the worke…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6-4

The provisions of this section and of 2° of Article L. 5412-1 may not oblige a jobseeker to accept: 1° A level of pay that is lower than the pay normally paid in the region and for the profession conc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-4

For the application in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ofarticle L. 6332-17 of the Labour Code, 1° of this artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-4

…e L. 723-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which shall proceed to collect the contributions due to them on the basis of the information contained in these official reports.

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