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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative and judicial control

Article R1322-1

The hierarchical appeals provided for in Articles L. 1322-1-1 and L. 1322-3 are lodged with the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment, within two months of no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-8-1

…ncludes a multi-disciplinary unit for the prevention of occupational deintegration responsible for: 1° Proposing awareness-raising initiatives; 2° Identifying individual situations; 3° Proposing, in c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Explanations provided to the borrower

Article L312-15

Where the conclusion of a transaction mentioned in article L. 312-1 gives the right, or may give the right, free of charge, immediately or in the future, to a premium in the form of products or goods,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for using an adapted procedure

Article R2123-1

The purchaser may use an adapted procedure to award: 1° A contract for which the estimated value of the requirement, excluding taxes, is less than the European thresholds set out in a notice annexed t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-1

…the last six months' salary. The nullities mentioned in the first paragraph are those relating to : 1° Violation of a fundamental freedom; 2° Acts of moral or sexual harassment under the conditions me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition

Article L3123-1

A part-time employee is an employee whose working time is less than : 1° The legal working time or, where this is less than the legal working time, the working time agreed for the branch or company or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-155-1

The rights in rem referred to in 1° of I of article L. 214-36 are : 1° Ownership, bare ownership and usufruct ; 2° emphyteusis ; 3° easements; 4° The rights of the lessee under a construction lease or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article D6323-9-2

…he third paragraph of article L. 6323-17-1 of the French Labour Code, the employee must prove that: 1° The seniority conditions required in articles R. 6323-9 and R. 6323-9-1 apply to occupations cove…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Disabled workers.

Article R5523-1

…h group or company agreement implementing the employment obligation set out in article L. 5212-2 to:1° The regional coordination committee for employment and vocational training in the overseas depart…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of tender negotiations

Article R3124-1

When the conceding authority makes use of the possibility to negotiate provided for in article L. 3121-1, it may decide to limit the number of tenderers admitted to take part in the negotiation. It se…

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