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Showing 34313440 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial organisation

Article L114-14

I.-The establishment's acts giving rise to deliberation by the Board of Directors and corresponding to the missions defined in article L. 114-2 of the present code are forwarded to the Minister respon…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The territorial delegate of the Agence nationale du sport

Article R112-33

The regional prefect, as territorial delegate, within the framework of the powers and decisions of the deliberative and executive bodies of the Agence nationale du sport: 1° Represents the Agency in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-39

In companies with fewer than fifty employees, the employer notifies the employee of the redundancy for economic reasons by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The letter of notification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-7

A fixed-term employment contract must have a fixed term when it is concluded. However, the contract may not include a precise term when it is concluded in one of the following cases: 1° Replacement of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-14

An undivided co-owner who intends to transfer, for valuable consideration, all or part of his rights in the undivided property or in one or more of these properties to a person outside the joint owner…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare.

Article R331-22-1

The organiser of a sporting event on an approved permanent circuit must obtain the opinion of the relevant delegated federation before submitting his declaration file to the administrative authority.T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article L2241-14

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by a professional agreement meet at least every three years to negotiate on the priorities, objectives and means of vocational training…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-5

The task of the staff delegation on the social and economic committee is to submit to the employer individual or collective complaints relating to wages, the application of the Labour Code and other l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-7

Aid for the distribution of previously unreleased works is awarded on the basis of :1° The artistic quality of the cinematographic works submitted, the distribution forecasts and conditions announced,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-28

Structural grants are awarded on the basis of :1° The number and quality of cinematographic works actually distributed by the distribution companies during the previous year, the forecast distribution…

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