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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

…t of the assessment of the state of preservation leads to the recommendations provided for in 2° or 3° of IV of article R. 1334-20, the person who has carried out the identification of the materials a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-42

…ess or a certificate of monitoring issued by the occupational health service's health professionals;3° The beneficiary's employment contract and, where applicable, the amendment(s) to this contract;4°…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Bed and breakfast.

Article D324-13

The bed and breakfast rental activity referred to in article L. 324-3 is the grouped provision of overnight accommodation and breakfast. It is limited to a maximum of five rooms for a maximum capacity…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and performance of the contract.

Article L6325-5

The professionalisation contract is a fixed-term or open-ended employment contract. It is drawn up in writing. Where it is for a fixed term, it is concluded in application of article L. 1242-3. The pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-4

…activity of less than six months does not entail resignation, except in the cases mentioned in 2°, 3°, 4° and 5° of II of article L. 713-3..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

…2014: 1° Article L. 5210-4 ; 2° Article L. 5211-9-2; 2° bis Articles L. 5211-11-2 and L. 5211-11-3; 3° Les articles L. 5211-28 to L. 5211-35-1 ; 4° Article L. 5211-40-1; 5° The articles L. 5211-41 to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-15

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L784-15

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L785-14

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-5

…aragraphs of III ofArticle L. 1434-10 ; 2° The first two and last paragraphs of Article L. 1432-1 ; 3° The third, fifth, ninth and eleventh paragraphs of Article L. 1432-2; 4° Articles L. 1432-3, L. 1…

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