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Showing 26712680 of 45698 articles for Art. Décret 81-255 du 3-3-1981

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Compliance with the Code of Ethics

Article R8124-31

Enforcement officers take an oath to perform their duties in accordance with this Code. The oath is taken at the time of their first assignment to a control unit, in open court, before the president o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Customer due diligence and liability

Article R8281-3

If the employer fails to respond to the injunction, the project owner or client shall inform the officer who issued the alert within two days of the expiry of the time limit provided for in article R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the national body responsible for managing the professional identification card for employees in the building and public works sector

Article R8291-3

The costs involved in managing the building and public works professional identification card are covered by a fee, the amount of which is set by the union mentioned in article R. 8291-2 and charged t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the professional identification card

Article R8292-3

…'s contract of employment with the company or, in the event of a succession of contracts, the total duration of these contracts ;2° For temporary workers employed by a temporary employment agency esta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations

Article R8293-3

Notwithstanding article R. 8293-2, when the seconded employee is employed by a temporary employment undertaking established outside France, the declaration is made by the undertaking using the seconde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for issuing the professional identification card

Article R8294-3

…r company can inform the union of funds mentioned in article R. 8291-2, in accordance with the procedure laid down by this body. Any card reported stolen, lost or seriously damaged is invalidated. At…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

…ermine the terms and conditions for the application of this section, and in particular : - the procedures for application of Article L. 323-21 ; - the procedures for approving, operating and monitorin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Economats.

Article L148-3

The provisions of the previous article apply to commissaries attached to industrial establishments belonging to companies whose capital is owned in the majority by active or retired employees and whos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Salary funds.

Article L471-3

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall set out the procedures for applying this Title, in particular the procedures for approving the agreements referred to in Article L. 471-1 and the procedures for usi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Supervision of seafarer recruitment

Article R742-39

The formalities set out in articles R. 320-1 to R. 320-5 are deemed to have been completed once the obligations set out in articles 11 to 15-1 of the Maritime Labour Code have been met.

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