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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-2

…1, which has caused death or injury under the conditions defined in articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the French Penal Code or, unintentionally, injury, blows or illnesses not resulting in a total…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Accelerated procedure

Article R1124-17

…no therapeutic alternative. By way of derogation from the first paragraph of II of article R. 1123-20-1, the Committee for the Protection of Individuals responsible for giving an opinion on the trial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-19

…ook IV of Part One of the present Code, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles L. 7124-20 to L. 7124-22 of the same code. This public body is responsible for implementing article L. 412-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article R40-41

The implementation and updating of the software mentioned in article 230-20 are supervised by a senior prosecuting magistrate, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assist…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-97

An undertaking for collective real estate investment may not hold more than 20% of the same category of financial instruments mentioned in 4°, 6° and 7° of the I of article L. 214-36 and in article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-18

…for ceiling height, openings to the outside, lighting and configuration set out in articles R. 1331-20 to R. 1331-23 respectively;-the openings to the outside do not expose the occupants to sources of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-37

…terested party may claim them until the expiry of the periods provided for in III of Article L. 312-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of unemployment insurance agreements

Article R5422-16

…gaining, Employment and Vocational Training). The framework document referred to in article L. 5422-20-1 is appended to the approval order. It may be revoked when the stipulations of the agreement or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-11

…d fixed fine within one month of the date it is sent, the amount of the sums due will be reduced by 20%. Appended to this notice is a claim form in accordance with the first paragraph of article 495-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-9

…date. Each composition is examined by two markers.Each of the eligibility tests is marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is weighted by the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test.Admissibility is d…

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