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Showing 12011210 of 18855 articles for Art. CE 8-7-2005 n° 253291

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave, continuing education and trade union rights

Article R6152-713

…itioner. When the practitioner works part-time, these rights are calculated in proportion to the percentage of working time.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-8

…or pursuant to Article L. 824-7, it will notify the interested party of the decision and the grievances, and will give the latter fifteen days from receipt of the notification to submit its observatio…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent of third-party donors not subject to the provisions of this chapter at the time of donation

Article R2143-8

…the Commission's request may still consent at a later date by applying to the Commission in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 2143-7.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reference perimeter.

Article R761-8

The reference perimeter may be extended to the territory of new municipalities in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 761-7. In this case, only the opinions of the manager and the mun…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Fire insurance.

Article L122-8

Where the damage covered by an insurance contract is the result of a forest fire, the insurer may, if it is established that the insured has not complied with the obligations arising from articles L13…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-8

The period referred to in article

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable to employees with fixed-term employment contracts.

Article L2421-8

…oes not result in its termination until the Labour Inspector, after having been informed in accordance with article L. 2412-1, has established that the employee is not the subject of a discriminatory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-8

With the agreement of the foreign judicial authorities, the foreign police officers referred to in the second paragraph of Article 694-7 may also, under the conditions laid down by the articles 706-81…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-8

The time limits provided for in articles R. 611-5 to R. 611-7 are suspended by the commencement of litigation concerning the regularity of the declaration or the validity of the classification of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Judging of contraventions

Article 850-2

…slands of article 529-7, the words: "For second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-class road traffic offences, the list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat," are replaced by the words: "For seco…

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