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Showing 11611170 of 47354 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-7-2013 n° 12-13.780

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3141-12

Leave may be taken as soon as the employee is hired, without prejudice to the rules for determining the period of leave and the order in which it is taken, and to the rules for splitting leave as set…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Agriculture and forestry.

Article L4433-12

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion define, in liaison with the public authorities and professional organisations, their guidelines for the development of agriculture and forestry, in parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article R3122-12

The occupational physician is informed by the employer of any absence of night workers due to illness.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation by the municipality.

Article D2573-12

I. - The articles R. 2132-1 to 2132-4 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of the provisions of article R. 2132-3,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4461-12

The employer shall ensure that the qualifications and medical fitness of each worker are appropriate for the job assigned.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Deposit of a sum by the transport company that has disembarked a foreign national without the required documents

Article R821-12

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance mentioned in article R. 821-8 shall return all or part of the sum deposited within one month of the date of receipt by his departmen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

I. - Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board and any person who in any capacity participates in the direction or management of an investment firm or portfolio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-12

The project owner or client who has a contract with an employer established outside France shall request the following documents from his co-contractor before the start of each posting of one or more…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-124

The following are automatically entered in the register:1° Measures of incapacity or prohibition from exercising a commercial or professional activity, managing, administering or directing a legal ent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-12

The provisions of this sub-section apply to any removal of organs, tissues or cells and any collection of products carried out with a view to their use or that of their derivatives for therapeutic pur…

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