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Showing 531540 of 36943 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 4-12-2003 n° 02-10.387

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R822-120

In the event of dissolution of the company, the liquidator is chosen from among the partners of the société de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes. More than…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-12

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring of occupational exposure limit values.

Article R4722-12

The labour inspector may ask the employer to have a technical inspection of the occupational exposure limit values carried out by a body accredited in accordance with articles R. 4724-8 to R. 4724-13.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring of occupational exposure limit values.

Article R4724-12

Independently of the communication of the report provided for in article R. 4412-30, the body carrying out the technical inspection communicates the results to a national body designated by order of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Assessment and certification.

Article R6113-12

The purpose of the certification procedure for the health care organisations and bodies mentioned in articles L. 6113-4 and L. 6147-8 is to assess the quality and safety of the care provided and of al…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…11 must enable compliance with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and management master plan for the basin to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-125

An employee who wishes to provide full-time or part-time technological, vocational or higher education in initial or continuing training is entitled, subject to a seniority condition and under the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-126

Article L. 3142-125 also applies to an employee who wishes to carry out research and innovation activities in a public research establishment, a local authority or a public or private company, unless…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-127

In companies with three hundred or more employees, the employer may defer an employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the percentage of em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-128

In companies with fewer than three hundred employees, the employer may defer the employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the number of ho…

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