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Showing 551560 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-96

The provisions of article L. 3142-95 are applicable, when they are sent home, to persons who, having completed their active service, have been retained on national service.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-97

…onal leave is to enable the employee to take part in the call to prepare for defence. There is no reduction in pay. It is treated as a period of actual work for the purpose of determining the length o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-98

…al service obligations, or is called up for national service in performance of a commitment for the duration of the war, or recalled for national service in any capacity whatsoever. However, the emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-99

…te reason by one of the parties, the termination of the contract may not be notified or take effect during the period spent on national service. These provisions do not apply if the purpose for which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Contracts for the purchase of precious metals

Article L224-98

The contract provided for in article L. 224-97 includes the following information: 1° The full name and address of the professional purchaser or, in the case of a legal entity, its company name and th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Contracts for the purchase of precious metals

Article L224-96

…tsoever, from consumers shall indicate, by display, the prices offered, in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the minister responsible for the economy, issued after consultation with…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Contracts for the purchase of precious metals

Article L224-99

The consumer has a period of forty-eight hours from the signing of the contract to exercise his right of withdrawal, without having to justify his reasons or pay any penalties. Exercising the right of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Contracts for the purchase of precious metals

Article L224-97

Any transaction for the purchase of precious metals, in particular gold, silver or platinum, in any form whatsoever, by a professional from a consumer shall be the subject of a written contract, a cop…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-2

When they move to Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and when they return to metropolitan France after this assignment, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708-1

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 working full time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their service obligations up to a lim…

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