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Showing 70517060 of 23655 articles for Art. Galec v. France – ECtHR – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 51255/08

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article R1112-85

The term of office of the mediators, user representatives and staff representatives mentioned in 2° of IV, V and VI of article R. 1112-81 is set at three years, renewable. The term of office of the ot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Resources and expenditure of the inter-company social and cultural activities committee

Article R2312-55

Sub-paragraph 5 of paragraph 3 of sub-section 6 and sub-section 9 of section 3 of chapter V of title II of book III of the second part are applicable to the inter-company social and cultural activitie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-6

The insurance is financed by employer contributions based on the remuneration used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme defined by Section I of Chapter I of Title V of Book…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Groups of employers not falling within the scope of the same collective agreement.

Article L1253-18

Subject to the specific provisions applicable to the employers' groups mentioned in Article L. 1253-17, the provisions of Section 1 apply to employers' groups that do not fall within the scope of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to concession contracts for public passenger transport services by rail

Article L3222-1

…ticle L. 3212-4 are governed, for their award and performance, by the provisions of article L. 2121-17-1 of the Transport Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 667

1 (Transferred under article L. 17 of the tax procedures book). 2. The departmental conciliation commission provided for in Article 1653 A may be seized for all deeds or declarations recording the tra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the foreign national to another place of detention

Article R744-47

…ign national from one place of detention to another, under the conditions set out in article L. 744-17, is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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

Article L4163-8-3

The regional joint inter-professional committees referred to in article L. 6323-17-6 are responsible for examining and providing administrative and financial support for professional retraining projec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of owners of all or part of built-up buildings with regard to detection

Article R1334-18

Owners of buildings other than those referred to in articles R. 1334-15 to R. 1334-17 must have a survey carried out for materials and products on lists A and B containing asbestos.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…recognition and enforcement abroad pursuant to:- Articles 45 to 58 and 61 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, r…

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