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Showing 18411850 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5212-6

The trade union committee is set up in accordance with the rules laid down in articles L. 5211-7, L. 5211-8 and, unless otherwise provided for in the founding decision, in article L. 5212-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within the company.

Article L3322-6

Participation agreements are concluded in one of the following ways: 1° By collective labour agreement ; 2° By agreement between the employer and the representatives of representative trade union orga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-6

For the application of article L. 5428-1 in Mayotte, the words: "subject to the application of the provisions of articles L. 131-1, L. 241-2, L. 242-13 and L. 711-2 of the Social Security Code" are re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and opening conditions.

Article L6324-6

The employee's employment contract will be the subject of an amendment specifying the duration and purpose of the work-linked retraining or promotion. The amendment to the contract is filed in accorda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article R145-6

Local commerciality factors depend mainly on the importance for the business in question of the town, district or street in which it is located, the place where it is established, the distribution of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-6

The grouping's accounts shall be kept and its management carried out in accordance with the rules of private law with the exception of the following three cases: 1° Where the contract setting up the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-6

The court clerk will summon the employer and Pôle Emploi by any means that provides a date certain for receipt of this summons at least fifteen days before the date of the hearing.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the case

Article R1454-6

The decisions taken by the adviser-rapporteur are provisional and do not have the force of res judicata in the main proceedings. They are enforceable. They may be appealed only with the judgment on th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-6

The persons called to the hearing at which the modification of the disposal plan is discussed are summoned in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 626-17.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-6

The Bureau of the Court of Cassation meets between 15 and 31 March at the invitation of the First President. It counts the votes and ranks the candidates in descending order of the number of votes obt…

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