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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose

Article D2372-2

…pation existing within the meaning of Article L. 2371-3 insofar as it refers to Article L. 2351-6 ; 3° The number of seats on the special negotiating body allocated to each Member State, calculated in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-16

Subject to the provisions of 3° of article L. 6431-8, the costs of transfer and care mentioned in 3° of article L. 6431-4 are borne by the agency.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4-3

…ponent: 1° Which serves to ensure a safety function; 2° Which is placed on the market in isolation; 3° Whose failure or malfunction endangers the safety of persons; 4° Which is not essential to the op…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R775-1

…ption of the last sentencen° 2020-1637 of 22 December 2020II. - For the application of I:1° In b of 3° of Article R. 511-2-1-2:a) The words: "according to the definitions in Article 3 of Decree No. 20…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Retraining for work

Article R5213-23

…d retraining workshop; 2° The creation of special re-education and retraining posts in the company; 3° The simultaneous implementation of these two types of measures.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations to overseas municipalities.

Article R2334-9-3

…mes issued on the contribution des patentes and the contribution foncière sur les propriétés bâties;3° For the territorial districts of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in accordance with the provisions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ancillary financial activity

Article D561-4-1

The projects referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 561-2-3 are projects submitted by the same person for which the total of the amounts targeted for financing or the total of the amounts c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-8

Articles R. 356-9 to R. 356-22 apply to the participating and parent undertakings mentioned respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2. For the purposes of the solvency calcul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audience measurement

Article L7343-6

The organisations mentioned in Article L. 7343-2 that meet the criteria mentioned in 1° to 4° of Article L. 7343-3 must declare their candidacy to the Employment Platforms Labour Relations Authority,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1335-13

The persons mentioned in article R. 1335-2 shall make the agreement and the monitoring documents mentioned in articles R. 1335-3 and R. 1335-4 available to the competent control officers, in particula…

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