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Showing 73017310 of 11457 articles for Art. Rép. Kamowski: AN 25-12-2018 n° 13638

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Priority for re-employment.

Article L1233-45

Employees made redundant for economic reasons have priority for re-employment for a period of one year from the date of termination of their contract, if they make a request during this period.In this…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-40

The Board of Directors, the Management Board or the manager(s) are entitled to decide on or authorise the issue of bonds, unless the Articles of Association reserve this power to the General Meeting o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1774

A lease, without writing, of rural land, is deemed to be made for the time necessary for the lessee to collect all the fruits of the leased inheritance. Thus the farm lease of a meadow, a vineyard, an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Trade union delegate.

Article L2431-1

…strative authorisation procedure provided for in this book is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 3,750 euros. Any transfer of the employment contract of an employee referred to in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-72

The Commercial Court may, at the request of any interested party, order the dissolution of the company if the number of shareholders has been reduced to less than seven for more than one year for comp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-67

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of Article D. 1221-58, the import authorisation may be issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2322-13

…o L. 2212-5 ; 2° The document showing the consents provided for in article L. 2212-7 in the case of an unmarried minor. They must keep the medical certificates provided for in article L. 2213-1 for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-91

…provided for by the second paragraph of Article 24 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 for the transfer of the shares of a deceased partner is set at one year from the death of the partner. It may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-2

The administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1 grants the authorisation, for a renewable period of one year, on the assent of a commission whose composition and mode of operation are determ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-374

…up to a maximum of twelve. Service of six months or more is counted as one year. Service of less than six months is not taken into account when calculating entitlement.

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