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Showing 16811690 of 44539 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-11-2021 n° 20-20.219

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Information annexed to the pay slip

Article D3171-11

In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, employees are informed of the number of hours of compensatory rest and mandatory time off credited to them by means of a document attached to the pay s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-11

A profit-sharing agreement concluded within a société coopérative de production may stipulate that the use of the special profit-sharing reserve in company shares, whatever the legal form of the compa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pre-assessment and request for treatment

Article R6323-11

The request for support of a professional transition project is sent by the employee to the regional inter-professional joint committee responsible for his main place of residence or to the committee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-11

For their application to cancer centres, articles D. 6143-39, R. 6145-6, R. 6145-10, R. 6145-29, D. 6145-32, D. 6145-34, R. 6145-40, R. 6145-65 and R. 6145-69 are adapted as follows: 1° In article D.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

I. - For the operations of each company mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and of each supplementary occupational pension fund mentioned in Article L. 381-1, in respect of insurance, capitalisation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-11

In accordance with the provisions of article R. 111-20 of the Code de l'Entrée et du Séjour des Etrangers et du Droit d'Asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum), t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4364-11

The representative of the State in the region shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission of prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of orthopaedic devices for disabled persons provided f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Refusal and subordination of sales and services

Article L121-11

It is prohibited to refuse a consumer the sale of a product or the provision of a service, unless there is a legitimate reason for doing so; It is also prohibited to make the sale of a product conditi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance obligation for organisers of sporting events

Article L331-11

A decree sets out the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 331-9 and L. 331-10, and in particular the control procedures.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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