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Showing 24712480 of 62257 articles for Art. L. 111-10-4 et R. 111-45

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidates for the office of member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2411-10-1

Authorisation for dismissal is required for a period of six months for a candidate for the position of member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee, from the date…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-10-1

Doctors and dental surgeons registered on the roll of the Association in the departments of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and Corsica are subject to the jurisdiction of the Provence-Alpes-Côte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-10-1

…hall allow the patient to obtain information and advice from an optician. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will determine how this article is to be applied and will set out the information that must app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-72

…seven for more than one year for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility. It may grant the company a maximum period of six months to re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-10-1

In the case of a takeover bid, persons who have entered into an agreement with the author of a takeover bid with a view to obtaining control of the company that is the subject of the bid are deemed to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-2

…y, the regional chamber of agriculture, the regional chamber of trades and crafts territorially competent in connection with the regional chambers of the social and solidarity economy and by any perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-8

…y, the regional chamber of agriculture, the regional chamber of trades and crafts territorially competent in connection with the regional chambers of the social and solidarity economy and by any perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-10-1

…of the court hearing the case may order any appropriate precautionary measure in respect of the assets of the de jure or de facto manager against whom the administrator or the mandataire judiciaire h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-10-1

…ending the department in proceedings brought against it, in cases defined by the departmental council. He reports to the next meeting of the departmental council on the exercise of this competence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-3

…forwarded to the Minister responsible for town planning and is approved by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. When the illegality of certain guidelines or provisions of the plan, or the prejudice they are…

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