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Showing 27312740 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, shall inform the administrative authorities before making any redundancies for ec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-6

Any pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product or product subject to the provisions of Chapter I of this Title which takes the decision to suspend or cease marketing thereof or which has kn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article L238-6

If the special meeting of preference shareholders is not consulted under the conditions provided for in articles L. 228-35-6, L. 228-35-7 and L. 228-35-10, the president of the court ruling in summary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Passenger information

Article R3115-66

I. - In the case of international travel, operators of means of transport and travel agents or other operators selling travel and holidays shall provide their customers with information on the known h…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-6

The decision to place the foreign national in detention is taken by the administrative authority, after the foreign national has been questioned or, where applicable, during his detention for the purp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Suspension or cancellation of aid payments.

Article R5522-65

If there is no change in the beneficiary's situation at the end of a period of three months following notification of the decision suspending payment of the aid, or if the beneficiary makes a false de…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-6

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons will decide on the application, taking into account the situation prevailing in the applicant's country of origin on the date of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to the formation of a company dedicated to carrying out the project

Article L2213-6

The contribution made by the State, local authorities or other public bodies to the financing of investments may take the form of a minority shareholding in the capital of the licensee when the latter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-6

In order to negotiate, the special negotiating body may be assisted by experts of its choice at any level it deems appropriate. These experts shall participate in the meetings of the group in an advis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee representative during safeguard, recovery or compulsory liquidation proceedings.

Article L2421-6

The procedure for authorising the dismissal of an employee elected or appointed as an employee representative in the context of a safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation procedure is su…

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