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Showing 9911000 of 53167 articles for Art. L 141-16 · Cass. com. 29 June 1954 · Cass. com. 7 December 1960 · CA Orléans 18 December 2003 · Cass. com. 8 June 1982 · Cass. com. 25 June 1969

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2316-18

A central health, safety and working conditions committee is set up in companies with at least three hundred employees under the conditions set out in Articles L. 2315-36 to L. 2315-44.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-18

The agreement aimed at eliminating pay differentials concluded following the annual and five-yearly negotiations is filed with the administrative authority under the conditions defined in article L. 2…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the presence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-18

…aken by a majority in number and in shares, the voting right attaching to the shares is divided equally between usufruct and bare ownership, unless the parties have agreed otherwise. Any expenditure e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-18

The conditions of access to the actions mentioned in Article L. 324-17 and to the benefits of the collective management bodies financed using the sums mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6252-16

International agreements relating to both areas of competence of the State and areas of competence of the local authority are, in cases where the first paragraph of Article LO 6251-15, negotiated and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-180

I.-Options may be granted, under the same conditions as in Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-179 above: 1° Either for the benefit of members of the salaried personnel of companies or economic interest gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-18

The Minister responsible for the economy shall specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 511-15 to L. 511-17. In particular, he shall set the terms and conditions under which : 1. Deci…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-1

Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings instituted by Titles II, III and IV of Book VI of the Commercial Code may only be opened in respect of a reinsurance undertaking mentione…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2352-16

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 2352-13, the managers of each of the participating companies and the special negotiating body negotiate with a view to reaching an agree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee member of the board or administrator of a social security fund.

Article L2411-18

In accordance witharticle L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code, the procedure for authorising dismissal and the periods and duration of protection for employees who are members of the board or admini…

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