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Showing 111120 of 58186 articles for Art. Loi 2013-98 du 28-1-2013

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 280-1

By way of derogation from Article 280, the heirs may decide together to maintain the forms and methods of payment of the compensatory allowance that were incumbent on the debtor spouse, by undertaking…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Accommodation.

Article 285-1

If the premises used as the family home belong to one of the spouses personally or in his or her own right, the judge may grant the lease to the spouse who exercises parental authority alone or jointl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 286-1

When, as a result of a severance of proceedings, an appeal or any other cause, the assize court is seised only of the referral to it of one or more defendants, solely for an offence connected with a c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

…r-municipal cooperation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-28-1

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee at his/her request or at the latest one month before the end of the employment support contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Post-exposure or post-occupational monitoring

Article R4624-28-1

…following categories of workers:1° Workers who are benefiting or have benefited from enhanced individual monitoring of their state of health as provided for in Article L. 4624-2;2° Workers who have be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-28-1

When the duration of the apprenticeship contract or period is less than the duration of the training cycle preparing for the qualification which is the subject of the contract, in application of the t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation to authorised establishments

Article R6241-28-1

…ons will allocate the corresponding sums among the other establishments in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of Article R. 6241-28. The funds that could not be paid to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-1

Disabled jobseekers who do not fall into the category defined in article D. 6341-26, as well as disabled people recognised under article L. 5213-2 and looking for their first job, receive a monthly pa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3a: Provisions relating to electronic communication using the application referred to in Article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice

Article R532-28-1

…oned in article R. 414-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice. Briefs and exhibits subsequently produced must then be sent to the court by the same means, failing which they will be disregarded in th…

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