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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-73

Where the social and economic committee exceeds the thresholds set by decree for at least two of the three criteria mentioned in II of article L. 2315-64, it is required to appoint at least one statut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-72

The social and economic committee informs the company's employees, by any means, of its annual accounts or, where applicable, the documents mentioned in article L. 2315-65, together with the report me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-75

The annual accounts and, where applicable, the documents referred to in Article L. 2315-65, as well as the supporting documents relating thereto, are kept for ten years from the date of closure of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-77

…tion of annual resources for the assessment of the thresholds mentioned in II of Article L. 2315-64 and in Article L. 2315-65 is specified by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-7

…ined as the difference between the ambient noise level, including the particular noise in question, and the residual noise level, made up of all the usual outdoor and indoor noises corresponding to no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

…ector General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Organs and tissues of human origin and labile blood products ; 2° Cells of human origin and the cell therap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Shareholdings in agricultural undertakings.

Article L3323-7

…f a participation scheme in agricultural undertakings employing employees mentioned in 1° to 3°, 6° and 7° ofarticle L. 722-20 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code , in accordance with terms and con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-7

In the event of criminal prosecution for arson, legal entities governed by public law may bring a civil action before the court in order to obtain reimbursement, from the convicted party, of the costs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-2

…osecutor, carry out the acts provided for in the Articles 56 to 62 for the purpose of searching for and discovering a person who is absconding in the following cases:1° A person who is the subject of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-7

…out a full search of a person in police custody, this must be decided by a judicial police officer and carried out in an enclosed area by a person of the same sex as the person being searched. A full…

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