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Showing 14411450 of 68704 articles for Art. L 232-15 and C. civ. Art. 1844-1

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-15

The budget is a single document comprising all the accounts showing the activities carried out directly by the establishment and those which it controls through the intermediary of persons dependent o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-15

In the event of a vacancy in the seat of a titular representative of the department, communes, public establishments for inter-communal cooperation, firefighters or territorial civil servants of the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article R3122-15

For companies employing night workers, the occupational physician's annual activity report, provided for in article D. 4624-42, covers night work as performed in the company during the year in questio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-15

Special membership rules may be defined by agreement between the national overcompensation fund mentioned in Article D. 3141-22 and the employers' organisations representing a professional branch othe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-15

The employer's refusal to grant sabbatical leave is notified to the employee by any means that confers a date certain.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D3115-15

…entry identifies the premises which may be used for disinfection, disinsectisation or rodent control of a means of transport or goods being transported.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Coordination Committee

Article R4424-15

The Coordination Committee for the Industrial Development of Corsica comprises thirty members, i.e.: 1° Ten representatives of the State, including the Prime Minister, or his representative, who is th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7125-15

The payment by the local authority of expenses relating to the exercise of elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set by articles L. 7125-12 to L. 7125-16 may only take place…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7124-15

The Chairman of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is responsible for policing the meetings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7226-15

The Chairman of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council is responsible for policing the meetings.

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