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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L2353-3

The competence of the Committee of the European Company shall be limited to matters concerning the European Company itself or any subsidiary or any establishment situated in another Member State, or e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L3123-32

Decrees shall determine the conditions of application of this Section either for all professions or branches of activity or for a particular profession or branch. If, in an occupation or branch, the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5139-3

…ating from or destined for other Member States of the European Union, micro-organisms and toxins included on the list provided for in article L. 5139-1 as well as products containing them must be pres…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of preferred film production creditors

Article L312-3

Preferential creditors may exercise their right directly with the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. However, this action must be taken no later than eight months after the issue of the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-34

In companies with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the Social and Economic Committee may, where appropriate on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7312-3

The articles LO 7311-3 to LO 7311-9 are applicable to this chapter.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-32

The line producer transmits the operating account submitted to him in application of sub-section 1 of this section to the other co-producers, to the companies to which he is linked by a financing cont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-3

The compensation that may be due to the owners or occupiers of land included within a protection perimeter for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption, as a result of measures taken to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Purpose

Article L1121-3

The purpose of a service concession contract is to manage a service. It may involve awarding a concession to manage a public service. The concessionaire may be responsible for building a facility or a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for exercising warning and withdrawal rights.

Article L4132-3

In the event of disagreement as to the reality of the danger or the way to put an end to it, in particular by stopping the work, the machine or the installation, the social and economic committee is c…

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