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Showing 321330 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-24

…an extended branch agreement may determine the period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working hours. This period may not be less than three working d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-24

…y are not registered with the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1, subject to the conclusion of an agreement between this institution and the body responsible for the public employment service…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-24

…nformation and support for the employee in his job search; 2° Individualised and regular monitoring of the employee; 3° Prospecting and placement operations to ensure the employee's redeployment.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services for portfolio management companies authorised in France

Article R532-24

I. - Any portfolio management company governed byArticle L. 532-9 which, having its registered office in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-24

The judgment approving the plan for the total sale of the company, or opening or ordering the compulsory liquidation of the company, immediately renders payable the participation rights that have not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-24

Natural persons who are members of the company and practise the profession on an individual basis must act under their family name, to the exclusion of any pseudonym or impersonal title.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-24

Doctors are prohibited from : - any act likely to procure for the patient an unjustified or illicit material advantage ; - any rebate in money or in kind, any commission to any person whatsoever; - so…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: EC declaration of conformity.

Article R5221-24

As part of the EC declaration of conformity procedure, the manufacturer shall draw up technical documentation making it possible to assess the conformity of the in vitro diagnostic medical device with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-24

…ddresses, opening days and hours, telephone and fax numbers, cheque account numbers; 2° A statement of the various activities in which they engage; 3° Where applicable, the name or acronym of the asso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-24

…germ tissue is issued in response to a request from a couple or an unmarried woman for the purposes of medically assisted procreation or at the request of a person whose gametes or germ tissue are sto…

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