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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Placing on the market.

Article L4411-3

The manufacture, placing on the market and use of substances, on their own, in mixtures or in articles, and the placing on the market of mixtures are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 19…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-138

The person responsible for the nuclear activity must inform the Nuclear Safety Authority of the following prior to their implementation:1° Any change in the radiation protection advisor referred to in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3-2

Owners of the common areas of apartment blocks referred to in article R. 1334-17 and buildings referred to in article R. 1334-18 who fail to meet one of the obligations defined in articles R. 1334-27…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan

Article R3333-1

The provisions relating to payments, the composition and management of the company savings plan set out in articles R. 3332-8 to R. 3332-14, then articles R. 3332-16 to R. 3332-18 as well as those rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-4

A joint order by the ministers responsible for labour, mines, the environment and agriculture sets out the list of specific workplaces mentioned in b of 4° of article R. 4451-1, as well as the specifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-12

The hourly rate of the partial activity allowance paid to the employer corresponds, for each employee authorised to be placed on partial activity, to a percentage of the previous gross hourly remunera…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-3

…ions of this chapter and by the non-contradictory provisions of Book II, Titles I to IV and the loi n° 47-1775 du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération. The provisions of Book II, Titles…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…r, made after obtaining the opinion of the authorities referred to in l'article 1er de l'ordonnance n° 45-2717 du 2 novembre 1945, may only intervene in cases where the mention "died for France" shoul…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-44

The departmental fire and rescue service must have within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours : 1° A departmental fire and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains on securities realised by companies

Article 248 A

…resulting from the compensation provided for in articles 4,15,16 and 32 of the Nationalisation Act n° 82-155 of 11 February 1982 is not taken into account in determining taxable income for the financ…

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