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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-84

When they carry out a mass redundancy affecting, by its scale, the balance of the employment area or areas in which they are located, the undertakings mentioned in article L. 1233-71 are required to c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Personalised assistance for returning to work

Article L5133-8

Personalised assistance to return to work may be allocated by the body within which the referent referred to in article L. 262-27 of the Social Action and Family Code has been appointed. Its purpose i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-8

…ent may be signed between the intermediary association and one of the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5132-3, defining in particular the conditions for recruiting, making available and training em…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Standards and control

Article L4022-8

I.- On a proposal from the Haute Autorité de santé and after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national de la certification périodique, the Minister for Health shall determine the method for drawin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-8

The President of the Territorial Council is solely responsible for administration. He may delegate by decree, under his supervision and responsibility, the exercise of part of his functions to the vic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisational rules

Article L541-8

Financial investment advisers : 1° Provide themselves with the resources and procedures necessary to carry out their activities and implement these resources and procedures efficiently ; 2° When provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-8

The Competition Authority may declare, in a reasoned decision, that the referral is inadmissible for lack of interest or standing on the part of the referrer, or if the facts are time-barred within th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-8

Circumstances leading to the suspension of the employment contract, either by virtue of legal provisions, a collective labour agreement or contractual stipulations, or customary practice, do not affec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L512-83

In the event of the dissolution followed by the liquidation of a regional mutual or union, the remaining assets, after payment of the company's debts and reimbursement of the capital actually paid in,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Mobility vouchers

Article L3261-8

In the event of the issuer being placed under a safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation procedure, employees holding unused but still valid and exchangeable securities on the date of the dec…

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