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Showing 15411550 of 62472 articles for Art. Décret 55-22 du 4-1-1955

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-48-1

The self-employed workers referred to in the sixth paragraph of article L. 6331-48 who have declared zero turnover or revenue for a period of twelve consecutive calendar months prior to submitting the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L7123-4-1

The presumption of salaried employment provided for in articles L. 7123-3 and L. 7123-4 does not apply to models who are recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European U…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemptions for the employment of children by approved persons.

Article L7124-4-1

When the child is engaged, in application of 5° of article L. 7124-1, the individual authorisation takes the form of an agreement.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-4

…ssional skills operator. The conditions under which this skills operator is designated and the procedures for its intervention, as well as the procedures under which resources are paid to the skills o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article D1225-4-1

The employee shall notify her employer, in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 1225-24, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan

Article D1233-14-4

The assessment of the effective implementation of the job protection plan referred to in article L. 1233-63, the content of which is set by order of the Minister responsible for employment, is carried…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: National framework revitalisation agreement

Article D1233-48-1

…he creation of activities, the development of employment and the mitigation of the effects of the redundancy envisaged or the effects of the agreement on the termination of the employment relationship…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of posting

Article R1263-4-1

The posting declaration provided for in articles R. 1263-3 and R. 1263-4 is sent, using the "SIPSI" tele-service, to the departmental unit mentioned in article R. 8122-2 within whose jurisdiction the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-4

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment will immediately inform the Prefect of the department in which the establishment is located, or in Paris the Po…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Initial training

Article D1442-10-4

…he training, the Ecole nationale de la magistrature will issue the labour court judge with an individual training certificate, subject to attendance.This certificate is given by the Conseiller Prud'ho…

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