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Showing 14511460 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-53

Within a clear period of seven days, the employer must inform the following of any suspension or termination of the employment contract that occurs before the end of the period for which work integrat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Help with professional integration

Article R5134-28

Within a clear period of seven days, the employer must inform the following of any suspension or termination of the employment contract that occurs before the end of the period for which work integrat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

…d, in overseas departments, by department. This apportionment takes into account, as from 1 January 2005, the subsidy to be paid to the fire and rescue service of the departmental community of Mayotte…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-118

The Conseil d'Etat decree referred to in article L. 322-27 is issued on the basis of a report by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-103

The ceiling stipulated in article L. 221-27 is set at 12,000 euros per Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sole paragraph: Responsibilities for health, safety and working conditions

Article R2312-4

…ns is at least equal to that of the meetings provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2315-27.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Consultation with the social partners with a view to registering higher education diplomas awarded on behalf of the State

Article D6113-28

The bodies mentioned in article D. 6113-27 base their examination of each diploma on the criteria defined in article R. 6113-9.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-7

…h Title II of Book III of the Code on relations between the public and the administration and Order no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 on electronic exchanges between users and the administrative author…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article R6152-634

…practitioner and, for practitioners who have benefited from the provisions of article 33 of decree no. 2003-769 of 1st August 2003, as an associate practitioner.Each year, the director of the establi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Notification

Article L261-1

…by a producer subject to the obligation to seek ongoing exploitation provided for inarticle L. 132-27 of the Intellectual Property Code, of one or more cinematographic or audiovisual works, falling w…

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