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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4622-6

Employers are responsible for the costs of prevention and occupational health services. In the case of services common to several establishments or several undertakings constituting an economic and so…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules for negotiating unemployment insurance agreements

Article L5424-23

I.-An expert committee on the specific rules applicable to the compensation of intermittent performing artists and technicians is created, made up of representatives of the State's statistical service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-1

Victims of losses resulting from contamination by the human immunodeficiency virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived products carried out on the territory of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-59

I.-The provisions of the Articles of Association concerning the case of free share allocations to certain categories of a company's salaried employees provided for in the third sentence of the second…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Limiting the number of public houses.

Article L3331-4

…istribution of drinks by means of automatic machines for immediate consumption is considered as a sale for consumption on the premises. In all businesses other than on-trade drinks outlets, any person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-4

The liquidator shall proceed with the liquidation operations at the same time as the verification of claims. He may initiate or pursue actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-3

Where the trader has not reimbursed all of the sums paid by the consumer under the conditions set out in articles L. 224-25-22 and L. 224-25-23, the total amount outstanding is automatically increased…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-10-1

I.-The provisions of article L. 2121-22-1 do not apply to the Borough Council.II.-.The provisions of article L. 2143-1 shall apply to the arrondissement council, subject to the provisions below.On the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1

The State determines the procedures for classifying furnished tourist accommodation in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decree. The decision to classify a furnished tourist accomm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-2

For the purposes referred to in Article L. 6131-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask public health establishments:1° To enter into a cooperation agreement ;2° To set up a heal…

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