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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Intervention procedures and methods, emergency procedures and hyperbaric safety manual

Article R4461-9

…able on the site where the work is carried out. The employer shall make it available to the workers and to the social and economic committee. On board ships, the hyperbaric safety manual is also made…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 973

…th the rules in force for death duties. By way of derogation from the second paragraph of article 761, a 30% allowance is applied to the real market value of the property if it is occupied as the owne…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article 925

Articles 398-1 and 398-2 of this code shall not apply.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-9

Operators of approved establishments are not required to apply for authorisation under texts regulating the creation, extension or transfer of establishments.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and guarantees for disabled workers.

Article L5213-9

In the event of redundancy, the period of notice determined in application of article L. 1234-1 is doubled for the beneficiaries of Chapter II, without this measure having the effect of increasing the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conclusion and purpose of the contract

Article D1143-9

The contract for mixed employment and professional equality between women and men specifies: 1° The purpose and nature of the commitments made by the employer; 2° The amount of State aid and the terms…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops.

Article R522-9

…to the Fédération nationale des prestataires logistiques et des magasins généraux agréés par l'Etat and to the territorial chamber of commerce and industry in whose district the warehouse concerned is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1233-9

I.-The mandate of a staff representative ends for the reasons and under the conditions provided for: 1° In the first paragraph of the Article 22 of Decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-9

…l practitioner, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in article R. 7124-7. It shows whether, taking into account the child's age and state of health, the child is capab…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Publication and filing of sector agreements

Article D7343-91

Declarations of denunciation, made in application of article L. 7343-41, and declarations of opposition to approval, made in application of article L. 7343-49, are filed, in accordance with the proced…

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