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Showing 311320 of 43388 articles for Art. Cass. com. 28-3-2019 n° 17-23.671 FS-PB

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3121-28

Any hour worked in excess of the legal weekly working time or the time considered to be equivalent is overtime and entitles the employee to additional pay or, where applicable, equivalent time off in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Investigation

Article R532-28

When a request for referral to a panel is submitted by a claimant, the president of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile or the designated president may rule on the request in his decision.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-28

The Conseil des maisons de vente assigns trainees. This is done on the advice of the Chambre nationale des commissaires de justice, for traineeships in the offices of commissaires de justice, and on t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-28

The representative of the State in the territorial collectivity shall be responsible for national interests, compliance with the law and, under the conditions laid down by this code, administrative co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-28

I. - Shall have access to all or, by reason of their attributions, part of the data mentioned in

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-28

To carry out the task mentioned in 1° of Article L. 327-1, the Enforcement Board shall draw up its annual work programme on a proposal from its Chairman. An inspection not provided for in this program…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-288

Any entry in the National Register of Companies concerning the commencement or cessation of business, changes to the situation or deletion of a natural or legal person, as well as any filing of docume…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-289

Any application for additional registration, amending registration or deletion must include: 1° For natural persons, their surname, usual name, pseudonym, first names, date and place of birth, as well…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-28

The application for authorisation must be drawn up in accordance with a standard dossier, the composition of which is set by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine. This application is s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-17

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-20 to R. 15-33-23 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised tax agents.

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