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Showing 61416150 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Report card and workbook

Article R7421-2

Upon delivery of the completed work, the slip or booklet shall mention: 1° The date of delivery; 2° The amount : a) The cost of processing acquired by the worker; b) Any additional workshop costs; c)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-4

The representative trade union organisations designate the beneficiaries of the overall trade union time credit from among the staff employed by the public bodies mentioned in article 2 of the law of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-436

Practitioners who, within six years of the contractual termination, are recruited to take up a post in the establishment from which they received a specific contractual termination indemnity are requi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-9

Practitioners who, within six years of the contractual termination, are recruited to take up a post in the establishment from which they received a specific contractual termination indemnity are requi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Penalties relating to consumer credit

Article L354-2

…sulting from Order no. 2019-740 of 17 July 2019 L. 341-2 and L. 341-3 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 341-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2019-740 du 17 juillet 2019 L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…ion of the contract, where applicable the termination of the ancillary contract, and their effects; 10° The prohibition of any advance payments; 11° The fact that the contract may be governed by a law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

…ies constituted in the form of a public limited company governed byarticle 11 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation. The prospectus shall clearly identify the persons re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-31

…hem. The securities referred to in the last paragraph of article 19 tervicies of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, held directly or indirectly by a central body within…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

…provisions of Article R. 621-4," are deleted; 7° In Article R. 632-4, the words: "Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 91-1266 of 19 December 1991" are replaced by the words: "Order no. 92-11…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…defined by regulation pursuant to article L. 5121-20; 9° Not practising his profession personally; 10° Not having himself regularly replaced when he is absent from the pharmacy of which he is the pro…

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