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Showing 34013410 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation

Article R3262-18

…ssuer holding the account, these forms are only remitted to the issuer after payment to the account of a provision equal to the value of the vouchers in full discharge of liabilities.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-18

…articles L. 115-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-18

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under article L. 132-17 are prohibited, for a period of up to five years, from directly or indirectly engaging in commercial activity. Corporate entiti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Liability regime

Article L133-18

In the event of an unauthorised payment transaction reported by the payment service user under the conditions set out in Article L. 133-24, the payer's payment service provider shall reimburse the pay…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-18

The following are exempt from the formality stipulated in 6° of article A. 331-17: 1° Organisers who are members of the relevant delegated sports federation, provided that the event is included in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-18

Four years after the establishment of the European Works Council in the cases provided for in Article L. 2343-1, the European Works Council shall examine whether it should be renewed or whether negoti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-18

The breastfeeding room has no direct communication with toilets, sewers or cesspools. It must be kept free from any noxious fumes.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-18

The dissolution of the Tourist Office is decided by a resolution of the municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-18

The articles of association of a grouping or the constitutive agreements of a cartel guarantee the provision of effective services to the members of the grouping or cartel and define the conditions un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-18

…authority under the conditions defined in article L. 2231-6. If no agreement is filed or no minutes of disagreement are sent to this authority, containing the parties' proposals as they stand, the joi…

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