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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Representativeness criteria.

Article L2121-1

…mum of two years' seniority in the professional and geographical field covering the negotiation level. This seniority is assessed from the date of legal filing of the articles of association; 5° Audie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-2

…ercises the powers devolved to the regional health and autonomy conference provided for in Articles L. 1432-1 and L. 1432-4 and to the territorial health council provided for inArticle L. 1434-10. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-3

…f Title I of Book I of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of articles L. 1113-7 to L. 1113-10, and subject to the following adaptations: 1° In article L. 1113-1, the word…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: General health administration.

Article L1524-4

…nter into agreements with the competent authorities of Wallis and Futuna.The provisions of Articles L. 1418-1, L. 1418-2, L. 1418-3 and L. 1418-4 shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the ve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Provisions relating to the supplementary supervision of regulated entities in a financial conglomerate.

Article L356-26

The undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 and in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 belonging to a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-11

…located to ancillary parking areas of a cinema subject to the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 of this code, whether or not installed on the same site as a business subject to authorisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-35

…tiel et de résolution may, on a provisional basis, order the protective measures listed in Articles L. 612-33, L. 612-33-1, L. 612-34 and L. 612-34-1 without an adversarial procedure. An adversarial p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-31

…le, the supervisory board, the procedure is conducted in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 225-28 to L. 225-34 and L. 225-80 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of the territorialit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: School and university health services.

Article L2325-3

As stated in article L. 541-3 of the Education Code, reproduced below: "In each department and arrondissement capital, in each commune with a population of more than 5,000 and in communes designated b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Therapeutic injunction by the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article L3424-1

Persons charged with offences under articles L. 3421-1 and L. 3425-2 may be notified, by order of the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge, of a therapeutic injunct…

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