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Showing 701710 of 51458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-2-2005 n° 197

French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-94-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with the employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3142-94-3

In the absence of more favourable stipulations resulting from the employment contract, an agreement concluded between the Minister of Defence or the Minister of the Interior and the employer or an agr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-13

…of cinematographic establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree n° 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-9

In the event of an epidemic occurring on national territory, the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction organises health checks on travellers and means of sea and air transport at t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-9

The employer's request referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 2242-9 is sent by any means that provides proof of receipt by the regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9

…the preparation of the plan contract concluded between the State and the region pursuant to the loi n° 82-653 du 29 juillet 1982 portant réforme de la planification in order to take account of the spe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-9

Registration of the traditional herbal medicinal product is refused by the Director General of the Agency if the application does not comply with the provisions of Articles L. 5121-14-1, R. 5121-97, R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-9

A seller who has stipulated at the time of the sale that, in the absence of payment within the agreed term, the sale will be cancelled ipso jure, or who has obtained amicable cancellation from the pur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Forwarding agents.

Article L132-9

I. - The consignment note must be dated. II. - It must express: 1° The nature and weight or capacity of the articles to be carried; 2° The period within which the carriage is to be effected. III. - It…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-9

The members of each of the two colleges and the mediator must complete a declaration of interests in accordance with the model in Appendix 3 of Article 2 of the Decree of 23 December 2013 on declarati…

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