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Showing 56315640 of 13303 articles for Art. n° 23/00062 · ANSA comité juridique n° 23-009 · CCRCS avis 2016-015

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-69

The employer may refuse to grant the leave if it considers that the absence is likely to have a detrimental effect on the smooth running of the company.The employer's refusal is made after consulting…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-9

After hearing or duly summoning the debtor, the administrator, the judicial representative, the auditors and the representatives of the works council or, failing that, the employee delegates, the cour…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-13

By the judgment adopting the sale plan, the court may authorise the conclusion of a management lease, even in the presence of any clause to the contrary, in particular in the lease of the property, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exhibitions subject to authorisation

Article R4451-89

I.-In exceptional circumstances, when collective and individual protection measures are unable to guarantee that workers' exposure remains below the exposure limit values provided for in Article R. 44…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Actions in the workplace.

Article R4624-7

In the performance of his duties, the occupational physician may, at the employer's expense, take samples or arrange for samples to be taken and measurements to be taken for analysis purposes. He may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose

Article R5111-5

The agreements referred to in article R. 5111-1, with the exception of those concluded in connection with a proposed redundancy of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, are submit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-366

The contractual practitioner may be authorised, following a favourable opinion from the medical committee mentioned in article R. 6152-36, to work part-time for therapeutic reasons under the condition…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6312-5

In the event of non-compliance with the obligations of this section by a person benefiting from approval, the latter, after the person concerned has been given the opportunity to present his observati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Activity and positions.

Article R6152-418-1

A contractual practitioner with an open-ended contract concluded on the basis of article R. 6152-403 is entitled : 1° Annual leave under the conditions laid down in the Labour Code ; 2° Sick leave, on…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Eviction Commission

Article L632-2

The summons referred to in 2° of article L. 632-1 is given to the foreign national at least fifteen days before the committee meeting. It specifies that the person concerned has the right to be assist…

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