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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure.

Article L2523-6

Once the parties have received the mediator's proposal to settle the dispute, they may notify the mediator within a period of eight days, in accordance with the conditions laid down by regulation, tha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medical surveillance of specific categories of workers.

Article L4625-3

In return for a contribution, the amount of which is set by extended collective branch agreement, individual employers join an occupational health and prevention service. The joint association mention…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Cross-country skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing

Article L342-27

A departmental, interdepartmental or regional association for the promotion of cross-country skiing and non-motorised snow sports other than downhill skiing may be set up in mountain departments on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental councils.

Article L4123-16

Doctors and dental surgeons from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are represented on the Conseil national de l'ordre des médecins et des chirurgiens-dentistes by the national councillor(s) representing the No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-10

I.-When the pharmaceutical needs of an establishment, service or body covered by III of Article L. 5126-1 which is not part of a territorial hospital grouping or which is not a member of a health coop…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

Without prejudice to the special rules applicable to the marketing of certain products, the following may not be marketed: 1° Products for which the maximum risk is not known at the time of subscripti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5

I. - In the event of the creation of a new commune grouping together all the communes that are members of one or more public establishments of inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status, the d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting rules for transfers of supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article L384-5

I. - The assets transferred with a portfolio of supplementary occupational pension contracts by a life insurance or capitalisation undertaking or a supplementary occupational pension fund are allocate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Article L5211-3

The aim of the regional programme for access to training and vocational qualifications for people with disabilities is to meet their skills development needs in order to facilitate their integration i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the branch agreement or agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-36, this waiting period is equal to: 1° One third of the duration of the assignment contract t…

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