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Showing 9911000 of 47354 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-7-2013 n° 12-13.780

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk assessment and dust measurement

Article R4412-126

The employer shall determine the level of dust generated by each work process in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of subsection 2. To this end, it shall implement a programme for measurin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-12

For each agreement covered by Article L. 441-1, an appropriation sub-account is kept. For each agreement, an appropriation income statement and an appropriation balance sheet account are drawn up, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-12

The following shall benefit from the appropriations of the Joint Fund in respect of the performance of the tasks referred to in Article L. 2135-11: 1° Employees' and employers' organisations that are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The Paris - Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-12

The members of the Paris - Ile-de-France regional chamber of commerce and industry and the members of the Ile-de-France departmental chambers of commerce and industry are respectively elected under th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-12

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Submission of applications for commercial authorisations not requiring planning permission.

Article R752-12

If the file is complete, the commission secretariat informs the applicant of the date and registration number of the application and the date by which the decision must be notified to the applicant. T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article R4733-12

In application of article L. 4733-8, the Labour Inspection inspector mentioned in article L. 8112-1 may propose to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-12

Expenditure and income attributable to the activities carried out by public health institutions are recorded in a single statement of projected income and expenditure. However, operating operations re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-120

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement referred to in article L. 3142-117, the annual paid leave due to the employee in excess of twenty-four working days may be carried over, at his request…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-123

In the event of termination of the employment contract, the employee will receive compensation for the paid leave entitlement carried over. These provisions do not apply when the employer is required…

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