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Showing 27612770 of 45378 articles for Art. L 237-29 · ANSA 09-068 · Cass. com. 26 September 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-4

The pharmacist in charge and the delegated pharmacists must practise their profession personally.They must be assisted and, in the event of temporary absence or if they are banned from practising, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-49

In an emergency, leave may be taken with twenty-four hours' notice.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-18

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 125-17, the grouping or company may not proceed with the installation of a new successful bidder unless the former holder of the shares o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-12

Where the employer asks the employee to modify the distribution of his working hours, even though the employment contract has not provided for the cases and nature of such modifications, the employee'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-6

The appropriations are voted by chapter and, if the Metropolitan Lyon Council so decides, by article. In both these cases, the Metropolitan Lyon Council may, however, specify that certain appropriatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-3

The appropriations are voted by chapter and, if the Regional Council so decides, by article.In both these cases, however, the Regional Council may specify that certain appropriations are specialised b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-8

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

Voluntary or forced public auctions of financial securities shall be conducted, if the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, by the investment services providers which are members…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Judicial review.

Article L1333-1

In the event of a dispute, the industrial tribunal will assess whether the procedure followed was in order and whether the acts of which the employee is accused are such as to justify a penalty.The em…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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