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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5

The professional practice standard relating to audit planning, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-300. Audit planning Introduction 01. The audit of the accounts carried out by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Regional cooperation

Article R7253-5

The committee draws up an annual report for the Prime Minister on the assessment, evaluation and monitoring of operations subsidised by the regional cooperation fund.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group, company or establishment occupational health and prevention services.

Article D4622-5

A group, company or establishment occupational health and prevention service may be set up when the number of employees monitored is 500 or more. The group occupational health and prevention service i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Technical requirements during building and civil engineering works.

Article R4535-5

During work involving the risk of drowning as referred to in Article R. 4534-136, self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site must wear lifejackets.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific safety study.

Article R4543-5

The technical inspection report defined in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Risk assessment.

Article R4541-5

Where manual handling cannot be avoided, the employer: 1° Evaluates the risks to workers' health and safety arising from handling operations; 2° Organises workstations in such a way as to avoid or red…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special requirements

Article R4544-5

Off-voltage work is carried out under the following conditions: 1° The part of the installation on which they are carried out must be identified and locked out beforehand, so that, throughout the dura…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approvals

Article D4622-51

When the Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity notes that the operating conditions of the occupational health and prevention service do not comply with the requirements o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Actions in the workplace.

Article R4624-5

The occupational health physician or, in inter-company occupational health and prevention services, the multidisciplinary team has access to all non-nominative documents made compulsory by this part.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reports

Article D4622-57

Occupational health and prevention services transmit data relating to their activity and financial management and any other information requested by the administrative authority by electronic means wi…

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