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Showing 281290 of 27713 articles for Art. Décret n° 2002-120 du 30 janvier 2002

French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Traffic

Article 307

…red or transformed circulate under cover of the administrative authorisation mentioned in l'article 306.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Obligations of holders

Article 309

…nder the conditions determined by the administration, the sealing formality provided for by Article 308 : 1° Holders of test stills, as defined by ministerial order (1); 2° Scientific and educational…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for breastfeeding.

Article L1225-30

…from the date of birth, an employee who is breast-feeding her child is entitled to one hour per day during working hours for this purpose.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…ration and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categories concerned, the criteria for orderi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-30

…ority in the freelance administration company, seniority is assessed by adding together the periods during which these employees have carried out freelance administration services under employment con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-30

…forward or postponed by two days. Adjusting the term of the assignment may not have the effect of reducing the duration of the assignment initially planned by more than ten working days, nor may it re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-30

…t may contain more candidates than the number of vacancies remaining to be filled per section and industrial tribunal.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Group agreements.

Article L2232-30

The group agreement sets out the scope of application of all or part of the undertakings making up the group.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-30

If an agreement is subsequently concluded in a territorial or professional sector which has been the subject of an extension order, the latter becomes null and void with regard to the employers bound…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Balanced representation of women and men

Article L2314-30

For each electoral college, the lists referred to in article L. 2314-29 which include several candidates are made up of a number of women and men corresponding to the proportion of women and men regis…

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