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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-68

…y elected members of the Social and Economic Committee appointed by it from among its elected members. The documents drawn up in this way are made available, where applicable, to the statutory auditor…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-3

When the person admitted or accommodated decides to keep with them during their stay one or more of the items that may be deposited in application of article R. 1113-1, the establishment or the State…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

In the event of redundancies for economic reasons involving fewer than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the employer must inform the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R1331-75

…Article L. 226-2 of the French Environment Code for a minimum period of two years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-35

…he judicial court within whose jurisdiction he has his professional domicile, for all of his mandates. He sends the same statements to the clerk's office of the commercial court and, where applicable,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-2

The field(s) of intervention open to advanced practice nursing, for which the corresponding entry is included in the advanced practice nursing State diploma, are as follows: 1° Stabilised chronic path…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-141

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 5121-138, when the medicinal products or products are contained in an outer packaging that complies with the requirements of the said Article, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Analysis of samples taken.

Article R5127-18

For the application of Article R. 5127-13, where, due to the circumstances that led to the sample being taken or the appearance of the sample, as the case may be, the Director General of the Agence na…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

…ions of this chapter and by the non-contradictory provisions of Book II, Titles I to IV and the loi n° 47-1775 du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération. The provisions of Book II, Titles…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…r, made after obtaining the opinion of the authorities referred to in l'article 1er de l'ordonnance n° 45-2717 du 2 novembre 1945, may only intervene in cases where the mention "died for France" shoul…

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