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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3121-4

Exceeding the maximum daily working time provided for in article L. 3121-18 may be authorised in cases where a temporary increase in activity is required, in particular for one of the following reason…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-4

The application for authorisation to operate a business shall be submitted:a) Either by the owner or owners of the land or buildings, by any person proving title from the owner or owners entitling him…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-4

The operations decided upon, other than those mentioned in article R. 5215-5, which have received a start of execution constituted by the legal act creating between the contractor and the project mana…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Response team

Article R4461-40

Teams carrying out work in a hyperbaric environment, as referred to in 2° of Article R. 4461-1, are made up of at least two people: 1° An operator working in a hyperbaric environment who holds a hyper…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-46

Unjustified failures to comply with the attendance requirement determined under the conditions set out in 2° of article R. 6341-13 and unjustified absences from training sessions at the centre, in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-44

The fraction of the remuneration to be reimbursed to the employer who maintains the salary of employees on approved training courses and the social security contributions relating to this fraction are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Governance of investment firms

Article R533-18-4

Where they have been given authority to sign on behalf of an investment firm, members of the staff of that investment firm may not, without the authorisation of the senior management, perform administ…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Persons responsible for the amicable recovery of debts

Article R124-4

The person responsible for amicable debt collection shall send the debtor a letter containing the following information:1° The name or corporate name of the person in charge of amicable debt collectio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

The failure of any senior manager of a credit institution, finance company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Agreements to prevent the effects of exposure to certain occupational risk factors

Article L4162-4

I.- Failure to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 4162-1 to L. 4162-3 will result in a penalty payable by the employer. II-The amount of this penalty, set by decree by the Conseil d'Et…

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