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Showing 17211730 of 63726 articles for Art. L 144-12 · Cass. com. 18 March 2020 n° 18-22.050 · Cass. 3e civ. 1 June 2011 · Cass. com. 16 June 1992

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-16

The employee benefits from a leave of absence to attend the compulsory medical examinations provided for by article L. 2122-1 of the Public Health Code as part of the medical supervision of pregnancy…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Groups of economic operators and works or services entrusted to third parties

Article L3123-16

Where the reason for exclusion from the award procedure concerns a member of a consortium of economic operators, the conceding authority requires him to be replaced by another economic operator who is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-16

The draft terms of merger are not submitted to the merging company's bondholders' meetings. However, the general meeting of bondholders may give a mandate to the representatives of the general body of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-16

The following are entitled to six weeks' notice1° Teachers and persons employed in private homes ;2° Commercial clerks mentioned in article L. 1226-24;3° Employees whose remuneration is fixed and who…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires (National Commission for Direct Taxes and Turnover Taxes)

Article 1651 L

…n the same grounds are notified to companies that are members of a group within the meaning of Article 223 A or article 223 A bis, any taxpayer may request that the matter be referred to the national…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Legal proceedings.

Article L1253-16

…e representative trade union organisations in the user undertaking or in the grouping may bring civil actions under the provisions of this chapter on behalf of the employees of the grouping.They may b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-16

The annual meeting of the European Company Committee is convened by its Chairman on the basis of regular reports drawn up by him. These reports describe the development of the European Company's activ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts

Article L721-16

…the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM) in respect of the overseas accounts file and the personal loan repayment incident file are carried out under conditions laid down by decre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-12

For each piece of research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1, the dossier submitted to the Committee for the Protection of Individuals and, where applicable, to the competent authority, shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, as well as the conditions for granting, modifying and withdrawing the approval…

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