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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-1

…3332-17-1 is met when either of the following two conditions is met: 1° Operating expenses relating to activities involved in the pursuit of social utility, within the meaning ofArticle 2 of Law No. 2…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Economic solidarity groups.

Article L5132-15-2

In order to promote coordination, complementarity and the economic development of the territory and to guarantee the continuity of pathways to integration, a legal entity governed by private law may c…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-2

…oned in article R. 131-1-1 is reserved for: 1° Subscribers or members considered, after evaluation, to have the experience, knowledge and skills necessary to make their own investment decisions and co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R450-2-1

Article L. 450-2-1 may apply to the acts mentioned in Titles V and VII of Book IV and the texts adopted for their application.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-2-1

Persons fulfilling the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 4131-2 may be authorised to practise medicine as an assistant to a doctor: 1° In areas characterised by insufficient healthcare pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-1

…plication of the provisions of 1° of Article D. 48-2, the sentence enforcement judge shall indicate to the public prosecutor, in consultation with the director of the prison integration and probation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-13-2

In application of the provisions of Article 706-111-1, the judicial courts and the court of first instance designated in the table in Article D. 47-13-1, in the districts defined in this table.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-1

…ive agreement may determine the content of the job protection plan mentioned in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63 , as well as the procedures for consulting the social and economic committee and imple…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-28-1

…lance values defined in article R. 1321-15-1 are not met and the Prefect, on the report of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, considers that the distribution presents a risk to human…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-20-1

Unless otherwise decided by the public prosecutor, the judicial police officer or, in the course of an investigation, the investigating judge, seals and samples relating to the traces and samples ment…

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