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Showing 49114920 of 30322 articles for Art. 13 mai 2020

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-43-15

…ent for a part-time employment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13 ;2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to impl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-44

…ents: 1° Proof of status as a beneficiary of the employment obligation, as listed inarticle L. 5212-13 of the Labour Code; 2° Proof of registration as a self-employed person; 3° Proof of professional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Economic and financial provisions

Article R5312-24

…e emploi is not subject to Chapter II of Title II of Book I of the regulatory part of the Code du Domaine de l'Etat and to the provisions of Decree No. 86-455 of 14 March 1986 relating to the abolitio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-35

…narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations, bearing the particulars provided for in article R. 5132-13, is kept for three years by the pharmacist or veterinarian. In the case of proprietary medici…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…ence on Health and Autonomy in the cases provided for in Articles L. 6122-9, L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, includes the reasons for this decision and is sent to the applicant for the authorisation or to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-5

…urt must be submitted in accordance with the procedure set out in the first paragraph of article R. 13 of the Electoral Code. The court's decision is final, within ten days of the matter being referre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

…punishable by the articles 221-1 to 221-5, 222-1 à 222-18-1, 222-23 à 222-33-1, 223-1 à 223-10, 223-13, 224-1 à 224-5, 225-7 à 225-9, 225-12-1 à 225-12-4,227-1, 227-2, 227-15 to 227-27-1 of the Crimin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-3

…ovided that: 1° the amendments made meet one of the grounds for opposition mentioned in Article L. 613-23-1 raised by the opponent; > and 2° The amendments made do not extend the subject-matter of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-21

…y negotiations provided for in article L. 2242-1, in 1° of article L. 2242-11 or in article L. 2242-13 and for the specific consultations of the social and economic committee provided for in article L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-26

I. - The requests referred to in articles L. 327-6 and L. 327-13 shall be made by letter delivered against signature or any other means capable of establishing proof of the date of referral, including…

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