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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Sale of a business.

Article D141-4

The information provided to employees mentioned in articles L. 141-25and L. 141-30 may be carried out as follows: 1° During an employee information meeting at the end of which employees sign the atten…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations and financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8232-1

…rticle L. 1225-29, relating to compulsory prenatal and postnatal rest periods ; 2° Articles L. 1225-30 to L. 1225-33, relating to special provisions for breastfeeding; 3° Book I of Part Three, relatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-18

…recruits, appoints and manages the civil servants whose status is governed by decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special status of resea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-13

…n of staff representatives by the college mentioned in 2° of B of II of article L. 1233-5, articles 30, 32 to 34, 36 to 41, 45 and 46 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020 are applicable.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R1613-9

…of 40% when the amount of damage suffered is between 10% and 50% of their total budget;3° A rate of 30% when the amount of damage suffered is less than 10% of the total budget ;For the application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-2

…by the "Health and Inclusive Care" advisor, including 4 hours per quarter; 3° Large kindergartens: 30 hours per year of work by the "Health and Inclusive Care" advisor, including 6 hours per quarter.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-20

…5211-19 for communes; b) The five most populous communes have a number of seats representing 20%, 30% or 40% of that set by the decree mentioned in article R. 5211-19 for the communes, depending on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control of occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-27

…sure. They give rise to a report, communicated in accordance with the provisions of article R. 4412-30.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5-2

…hold set out in the same paragraph, by decision of the Prefect of the département, up to a limit of 30% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement. This derogation is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-11

…threshold set out in the same paragraph, by decision of the departmental prefect, up to a limit of 30% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement. This derogation is…

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