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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Appeals.

Article L4723-1

If it intends to contest the formal notice provided for in Article L. 4721-1, the employer shall lodge an appeal with the Minister responsible for labour. If the employer wishes to contest the formal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI : CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK IV RELATING TO MARKETS

Article L761-1

For the application of this Title in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, references to Regulations (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council No 648/2012 of 4 Ju…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L7221-1

This title applies to employees employed by private individuals in their private homes to carry out work of a family or household nature. The individual employer employs one or more employees in or ne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-10

Each of the persons vested with parental authority or, where applicable, the minor's guardian, expresses his or her consent before the president of the judicial court or his or her delegate under the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for collecting identity and non-identifying data

Article R2143-6

As soon as the donation is used, the healthcare organisation or institution shall include the data communicated by the third party donors in the data processing provided for in Article L. 2143-4. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article R5211-1

Where different rules govern the administrative control of communes according to the size of their population, the population of all the communes forming the public establishment of inter-communal coo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Joint preliminary inspection.

Article R4512-3

…workers and the vehicles and machinery of all kinds belonging to the outside undertakings may use; 4° Defines the access routes for these workers to the premises and installations used by the outside…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article R4532-90

…for verifying the application of measures taken by the coordinator or the inter-enterprise college; 4° The procedure for settling any difficulties that may arise between its members; 5° The powers of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of traineeships

Article R6341-5

…e of the training course; 2° The conditions for admission of the trainee; 3° The level of training; 4° The content of the programmes; 5° The content of the training plan provided for in article R. 634…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Transit

Article 695-48

The request for a transit authorisation shall be accompanied by the following information: - the identity and nationality of the person sought; - an indication of the existence of a European arrest wa…

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