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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R5315-8

The Managing Director is appointed by decree on the joint proposal of the supervisory ministers. The Director General: 1° Prepares, co-signs and executes the contract of objectives and performance pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-8

…s in terms of equal pay for men and women as defined in the first two paragraphs of Article L. 2242-8, by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt, a reasoned notification of the rate of pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-8

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence referred to in Articles L. 462-8, L. 464-2, L. 464-3, L. 464-6, L. 464-6-1 et L. 752-27 are notified to the parties involved and to the Minister for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-8

…ing the proceedings. Except in cases of fraud, it may not be postponed to a date prior to the final decision approving an out-of-court settlement pursuant to II of article L. 611-8. The initiation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…Botulism; 2. Brucellosis; 3. Anthrax; 4. Chikungunya; 5. Cholera; 6. Dengue fever; 7. Diphtheria; 8. African haemorrhagic fevers; 9. Yellow fever; 10. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers; 11. Acute hepat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4452-8

…al radiation; 7° As far as possible, appropriate information from health authority recommendations; 8° Exposure to several sources of artificial optical radiation; 9° The classification of a laser, in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-8

…f the Autorité des normes comptables; 7° Four members of higher education, professors or lecturers; 8° Two statutory auditors who are also chartered accountants, appointed on a proposal from the Conse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceeding limit values

Article R4451-80

…r's exposure exceeds one of the limit values laid down in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8, the employer shall immediately take steps to: 1° Stop the exposure; 2° Determine as soon as possi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-1-1

I. - List of acts performed by the trainee pursuant to article A. 811-25 : - mission of assistance to the debtor in safeguard or receivership proceedings; - mission of supervision of the debtor in saf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-85

…or has not fixed the periods during which the sentenced person may be absent from this place, these decisions shall be taken by the sentence enforcement judge, who shall rule within four months of the…

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