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Showing 77217730 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single section: The company savings plan.

Article R222-1

Articles R. 3332-1 to D. 3335-3 of the French Labour Code set out the procedures for applying the rules relating to the company savings plan, as set out in Articles L. 443-1 to L. 443-8 of the Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-11

…cant must, no later than six months before the end of the three-year period provided for in Article R. 512-10, waive deferment of publication in writing and deliver to the National Institute of Indust…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-11

…A lawyer ; 2° A ministerial officer of the jurisdiction, who is exempt from producing a power of attorney; 3° An agent of their choice with power of attorney. If this agent represents the distraining…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article L211-1

The terms of contracts offered by professionals to consumers must be presented and drafted in a clear and comprehensible manner. In the event of doubt, they shall be interpreted in the sense most favo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-18

…ng of a list of candidates for each industrial tribunal by the representatives of the organisations to which seats have been allocated in application of article L. 1441-4. This list is submitted by el…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-19

…ountaineering resorts and having a land use plan that was enforceable on 10 January 1985 or a local town planning plan, the provisions of article L. 342-18 apply from the date of approval of the amend…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-10

Electronic money issuers shall ensure that the persons referred to in Article L. 525-8 provide customers and the public, by any appropriate means and in a visible and legible manner, with information…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Operation of the company

Article L4042-1

Remuneration paid for the professional activities referred to in 2° and 3° of article L. 4041-2 constitutes revenue for the company and is received by it. By way of exception, when these activities ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L942-12

In VI of article L. 225-270, the words: "the provisions of Article 94 A of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "the provisions of the Tax Code applicable in the territory relating to net…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public health inspectors

Article R5413-1

Medical public health inspectors and inspectors from regional health agencies who are doctors are authorised and sworn to investigate and record the offences mentioned in article L. 5413-1 under the c…

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