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Showing 27412750 of 62236 articles for Art. L 1237-1 et seq.

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-1

As an exception to articles 2284 and 2285 of the Civil Code, the rights of a natural person registered in the National Register of Companies in the property where his or her main residence is fixed ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-12

The prefectoral decree authorising the opening of the general shop subjects its operator to the obligation of a bond. The same obligation applies to the establishments referred to in article L. 522-8.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission.

Article L814-1

I.-A Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires comprising: 1° A councillor at the Cour de cassation, chairman of the commission…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Withdrawal of assignment to certain works

Article L4733-1

Young workers under the age of eighteen covered by this section are those referred to in Articles L. 4153-8 and L. 4153-9.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Combining replacement income with other income.

Article L5425-1

The allowances provided for in this Title, with the exception of those provided for in Section 2 of Chapter IV, for employees in the building and public works sectors deprived of employment as a resul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Equal access for men and women.

Article L6112-1

For the purposes of this Part, no distinction may be made between women and men.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Opposition to the hiring of apprentices.

Article L6225-1

The administrative authority may object to the hiring of apprentices by a company if it is established by the authorities responsible for supervising the performance of the apprenticeship contract tha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: One-off assistance for apprentice employers

Article L6243-1

Apprenticeship contracts concluded in companies with fewer than two hundred and fifty employees in order to prepare for a vocational diploma or qualification equivalent at most to the baccalaureate ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Membership of a social security scheme.

Article L6342-1

Any person attending a continuing vocational training course under the terms of this Book shall be compulsorily affiliated to a social security scheme. Trainees who were covered by a social security s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union rights and representativeness criteria

Article L6156-1

The right to organise is guaranteed to the medical, odontological and pharmaceutical staff of the public health establishments mentioned in Chapters I and II of this Title. The interested parties may…

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