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Showing 48014810 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L1471-1

…first two paragraphs do not, however, apply to actions for compensation for personal injury caused during the performance of the employment contract, to actions for payment or recovery of wages and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-4

For the application of this Part to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin and in the absence of any specific mention of one or other of these collectivities :1° The powers devolved to the Prefect, in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-6

…ell as trade unions affiliated to a representative trade union organisation at national and cross-industry level, declare themselves as candidates to the services of the Minister of Labour under condi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions

Article L2122-13

…2122-10-1, the Minister for Labour shall present to the High Council for Social Dialogue the procedures adopted for its organisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Civil capacity.

Article L2132-4

The movable and immovable property required by trade unions for their meetings, libraries and training courses cannot be seized.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-16

On a proposal from the Minister of Justice or the first president of the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction the accused labour tribunal member sits, the chairman of the National Disciplinary Commis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Simplified arrangements for declaring and collecting social security contributions

Article L1522-3

I.-The provisions of sub-section 2 of section 1 of chapter III bis of book I of the social security code relating to the titre emploi-service entreprise and of chapter III of title VII of book II of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union representation at group level

Article L2122-4

…lishments included in the scope of a group agreement is identical to that of an agreement concluded during the electoral cycle preceding the start of negotiations, the representativeness of the trade…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-2

…eleven employees on 31 December of the year preceding the election, who hold an employment contract during that month of December, who are over sixteen years of age and who are not subject to any proh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementing provisions

Article L2122-11

…fessional branch and trade union organisations recognised as representative at national and cross-industry level pursuant to Articles L. 2122-5 to L. 2122-10.The High Council for Social Dialogue inclu…

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