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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Information and communication

Article R2262-1

In the absence of other arrangements provided for by an agreement or a contract concluded in application of article L. 2262-5, the employer: 1° Provides the employee, on recruitment, with a notice inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Branch agreements and professional agreements

Article R2232-1-4

The amount paid by the fund in application of the second paragraph of article L. 2232-8, for the exercise of its mission mentioned in 1° of article L. 2135-11, is deducted from the amount of credits d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Application for approval

Article R7232-2

…es will be carried out; 4° The nature of the services offered and the public or customers targeted; 5° The conditions of employment of the staff;6° The operating resources used.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-3

…tuations likely to fall within its remit; 4° Seek the advice of a doctor or lawyer of their choice; 5° Send or receive letters; 6° Consult the establishment's internal regulations and receive explanat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…r weapons of mass destruction as provided for in articles L. 2339-14 à L. 2339-16 of the same code; 5° The offences of smuggling, importing or exporting provided for in the second and last paragraphs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

I.-Statutory auditors are prohibited from accepting an engagement to certify the accounts of a public interest entity if, during the financial year preceding that for which the accounts are to be cert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1595 bis

…businesses or clientele established on their territory and new goods dependent on these businesses;5° of lease rights or the benefit of a promise to lease, relating to all or part of an immovable wha…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R762-3

…the following words are added: "in accordance with locally applicable legislation and regulations"; 5° The last paragraph of article R. 752-5 and the last paragraph of article R. 753-4 are not applica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-62

…tate medical aid, as mentioned in Article L. 251-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles; 5° Membership of a social security scheme in a Member State of the European Union other than France,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…450-5 to L. 450-6, L. 461-1 à L. 464-10, L. 490-2 to L. 490-4 and Articles L. 490-9 to L. 490-14; 5° Book V, with the exception of articles L. 522-1 to L. 522-40, L. 524-12, L. 524-20 and L. 524-21;…

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