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Showing 26412650 of 29730 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-7-1996 n° 1265

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

Article R6152-712

The provisions of the Labour Code and those of the Social Security Code relating to annual or sick leave, maternity or adoption leave, paternity leave, parental presence leave, family solidarity leave…

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

Article R6152-714

Special leave of absence is granted by the director of the establishment to duly authorised practitioners' union representatives under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-73.

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

Article R6152-713

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6251-1 must maintain and improve their knowledge. They are entitled to training leave, the duration of which is set at fifteen working days per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

In cases which are or would appear to be of great complexity, due in particular to the large number of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-13

Persons who have access to the information referred to in article R. 513-10-12 are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions set out inarticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 769

An entry shall be made in the criminal record of sentences or exemptions from sentences handed down after deferral of sentence, pardons, commutations or reductions of sentences, decisions suspending o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-100-2

…opment projects and local Agenda 21s mentioned in the second paragraph of the'article 254 de la loi n° 2010-788 du 12 juillet 2010 portant engagement national pour l'environnement.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-40

Where, in the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-39, the shareholder is represented by a person other than his spouse or the partner with whom he has entered into a civil so…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 795

The following are exempt from free transfer duties:1° Gifts and bequests of works of art, monuments or objects of historical interest, books, printed matter or manuscripts, made to establishments with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-53

The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market may delegate, for a maximum period of twenty-six months, to the Board of Directors or the…

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