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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Conformity and safety of products and services

Article R521-3

The administrative authority mentioned in articles L. 521-4, L. 521-5, L. 521-7, L. 521-10, L. 521-12, L. 521-13, L. 521-14, L. 521-16, L. 521-20 and L. 521-23 is the Prefect or, in Paris, the Prefect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Infrastructure management

Article L4424-25

The State assets made available to the Corsican hydraulic equipment office mentioned in article L. 112-12 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are transferred to the assets of the Corsican territ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article R251-1

…to appoint a statutory auditor pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 251-12 if it has fewer than one hundred employees during the two financial years preceding the expiry of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D7124-40

…omary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations, referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 7124-12.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article R7121-51

…actor's licence and produces a live performance and who, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, collects a commission from all the artists making up the cast of the performance, is liable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Terms and conditions for funding social dialogue training by the Labour Relations Authority for employment platforms

Article R7343-73

…stence expenses for the training of the representatives appointed in application of article L. 7343-12 are advanced by the representative or by the association or organisation that appointed him and r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation, orientation and preparation of the case.

Article L1454-1-1

…f the nature of the dispute so justifies, to the judgement committee referred to in Article L. 1423-12 chaired by the judge referred to in Article L. 1454-2. Article L. 1454-4 is not applicable. Faili…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-5

…article R. 211-12 and the warning provided by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-17 b (art. A322-91)

…the person supervising the group)0 to 6 metresFirst diveE-2 + PN-C1 (*)BeginnersE-2 + PN-C4 (*)0 to 12 metres PE-12 training towards PN skillsE-2 + PN-C4 (*)0 to 20 metresPE-20 in training towards PN…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5-1

…nsurance undertaking or of a person linked to it, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 632-12 of the Monetary and Financial Code, in accordance with one of the procedures provided for in Arti…

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