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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose.

Article D2362-3

In the event of the formation of the European Cooperative Society by merger and in the cases mentioned in article L. 2362-3 insofar as it refers to article L. 2352-4, the managers of the legal entitie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Commission nationale de la négociation collective, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle (National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training)

Article R2272-3

The full representatives of the employers are appointed by the Minister of Labour as follows: 1° Two nominated by the Mouvement des entreprises de France (MEDEF); 2° Two nominated by the Confédération…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-3

I. - Any failure by the persons referred to in 12°, 13°, 14°, 18° and 19° of Article L. 561-2 to comply with the obligations laid down in Sections 3 to 6 of this Chapter, in Chapter II of this Title,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-39

For public health reasons, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require a company to submit samples of each batch of the bulk product and the finished product fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the duties of director of an establishment or service for the care of young children may be carried out by : 1° A person holding a State diploma as a doctor of medi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability

Article A814-3

The regulations setting the conditions for the election of court-appointed administrators and court-appointed representatives elected as members of the board of directors of the guarantee fund institu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The adopted person

Article 344

The following may be adopted:1° Minors for whom the parents or the family council have validly consented to the adoption;2° Wards of the State for whom the family council for wards of the State has co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-37

The registrar's maintenance of the register includes keeping and updating:1° The alphabetical file of natural and legal persons registered within the jurisdiction of the court;2° The collection of ind…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies with fifty or more employees

Article R2143-3

In undertakings with separate establishments with fifty or more employees, the number of trade union delegates is set per establishment in accordance with article R. 2143-2. To assess the threshold of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Complaints

Article R7111-32

The High Commission comprises: 1° A member of the Court of Cassation, in office or honorary, as chairman; 2° Two judges from the Paris Court of Appeal, in office or honorary; 3° A representative of th…

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