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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-16

The employer draws up an annual report on the implementation of the agreement and presents it to the social and economic committee or the group works council, as appropriate. The implementation of bra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-18

Approval of the agreement may be renewed once by the competent authority referred to in article R. 5212-15 for a maximum period of three years, in accordance with the procedures defined by order of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-19

I.-If the expenditure incurred for the duration of the programme is less than the total amount of the contributions, excluding the amount of expenditure deducted under article L. 5212-11, the employer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-15

The administrative authorities responsible for issuing approval are: 1° For industry-level agreements, the Minister for Employment; 2° For company-level agreements, the Prefect of the département in w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-17

Within two months of the end of the agreement, the employer or the branch shall send the competent administrative authority mentioned in article R. 5212-15: 1° The annual reports and the summary repor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-94-1

An employee may, at his request and in agreement with the employer, give up anonymously and without consideration all or part of his untaken rest days, whether or not they have been allocated to a tim…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L552-1

The following are places of accommodation for asylum seekers:1° Reception centres for asylum seekers defined in article L. 348-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles;2° Any structure receiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Classifications

Article L2241-15

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet, at least once every five years, to examine the need to revise the classifications. These negotiations s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article R552-1

Asylum seeker reception centres are governed by the provisions of this section and by the provisions of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions.

Article L4642-1

The mission of the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions is:1° To contribute to the development and encouragement of research, experiments or achievements in the field of improving…

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