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Showing 89618970 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Candidatures of employee trade union organisations

Article R2122-39

…petition, on pain of inadmissibility, within fifteen days of the publication referred to in article R. 2122-38, before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the administrative authority referre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R512-48

…entral body of the savings banks and banques populaires in application of the provisions of article L. 512-107.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bailiffs

Article R1423-53

Bailiffs are paid fees equal to half of those provided for in their tariffs for similar acts in civil and commercial matters.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Witnesses

Article R1423-54

Witnesses called to testify in industrial tribunal proceedings are paid an appearance allowance and, where applicable, travel and subsistence expenses equal to those paid to witnesses called to testif…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

…ator of an accident resulting from hunting or the destruction of vermin, the provisions of articles R. 421-4 to R. 421-10 apply to the rights and obligations of the responsible party, the victim, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-10

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 1441-4, the seats are allocated in proportion to the number of member companies and employees obtained in application of articles R. 1441-8 an…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions

Article R112-49

In Corsica, the composition of the colleges mentioned in articles R. 112-40 and R. 112-45 is set by order of the Minister responsible for sport. In accordance with I. ofarticle L. 4424-8 of the Genera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article R123-322

The fees referred to in II and III of Article L. 123-54 are collected by the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 123-8. As an exception…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Direct payment at the request of a body responsible for paying family benefits

Article R213-13

…R. 213-1 and article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-38

…etrieved or preserved for the purposes of medically assisted procreation in application of articles L. 2141-2, L. 2141-11 and L. 2141-12, as well as the embryo transfer referred to in article L. 2141-…

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