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Showing 56215630 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-7

…a commuting accident, or of an occupational disease is suspended for the duration of the period of sick leave caused by the accident or disease. The employment contract is also suspended during the w…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-5

…rised by the proprietor of a well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, shall not constitute an infringement but shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-27

When the reasoned favourable opinion of the National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training has been issued without the written and reasoned opposition of either two…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Equal treatment with full-time employees

Article L3123-5

…anted to full-time employees by law and by company or establishment agreements, subject, as regards conventional rights, to specific terms provided for by a collective agreement. The trial period for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to sole traders with limited liability

Article L711-8

When over-indebtedness proceedings are initiated before a commission at the request of a sole trader with limited liability, the latter shall indicate, when filing the case, whether proceedings instit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article R733-1

When the commission finds that it is impossible to obtain the agreement of the interested parties on a conventional plan, it notifies the debtor by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Temporary employment agencies

Article L6331-69

Temporary work companies, regardless of the number of employees, pay a conventional contribution, the rate of which is at least equal to 0.30% of the amount of earned income mentioned in the first par…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1546-1

…y time, expressly waive the right to rely on any plea in bar, any procedural exception and the provisions of Article 47, with the exception of those that arise or are revealed subsequent to the signin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Setting up and running skills operators

Article R6332-10

…s may enter into an agreement with a legal entity to delegate the implementation of some of the decisions relating to the information and services mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 5° of II of article R. 63…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-8

…nto an agreement with each other. This agreement specifies the conditions for implementing the provisions of articles D. 6124-26-6 and D. 6124-26-7. This agreement also specifies the conditions under…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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