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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of business.

Article R4731-12

The Labour Inspection inspector referred to in Article L. 8112-1 shall check, at the latest within eight days from the date of delivery or receipt of the letter from the employer, the appropriateness…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R754-12

Article R. 314-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 5122-11, the following may also engage in the activities defined in the first paragraph of that Article: 1° Persons who were engaged in such activities for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Multiannual risk management programme

Article R1443-12

The Specialised Commission on Mental Health comprises a maximum of twenty-one members elected from the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1432…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-12

The insurer who has paid the insurance indemnity is subrogated, up to the amount of that indemnity, to the rights and actions of the insured against third parties who, by their act, have caused the lo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Property.

Article 1281-3

The court clerk's office shall notify by simple letter a copy of the order to the person in charge of the distribution and, if consignment has been ordered, to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-12

The mediator may hold any hearings he deems useful. He shall summon the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by notification delivered against receipt. In the event of serio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local representatives

Article R1432-120

The term of office of the local representative ends at the end of the term of office of the elected members of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee who appointed him or in the cases provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-12

Emissions in the form of gases, vapours, aerosols of solid or liquid particles, or substances that are unhealthy, annoying or dangerous to workers' health are eliminated, including by the use of humid…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-12

Subject to more stringent provisions, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall keep, for a period of five years from the closure of their accounts or the termination of their relations with t…

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