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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-17

…ndition of the building stock and the information needed to manage the risks referred to in Article L. 1334-14 ; b) To the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, at its request, the informati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portfolio transfers.

Article L364-1

…te of the European Union or to an assignee authorised in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 321-7 and L. 329-1 may be invoked against policyholders, policyholders, beneficiaries of contract…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Customer due diligence and liability.

Article L4231-1

…ny client or instructing party, informed in writing by an inspecting officer referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 of this code, of the fact that employees of its co-contractor or of a direct or indirect…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

…Hôtel de la Métropole;2° Expenditure relating to the functional allowances provided for in articles L. 3632-1 à L. 3632-4 and to the training costs of the elected representatives referred to in articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-11

By way of derogation from article L. 5211-19, a commune may be authorised, by the State representative in the department after receiving the opinion of the departmental commission for inter-communal c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-1

…aw n° 99-209 of 19 March 1999 on New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles L. 541-2 and L. 541-3, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-1

…ast one statutory auditor and, where the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 823-1 are met, an alternate. For agricultural cooperatives and agricultural collective interest c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-16

…and Stateless Persons from conducting an interview with the applicant.Without prejudice to article L. 531-38, the absence without legitimate reason of the applicant, who has been duly summoned to an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-14

…nal interview, each adult asylum seeker is heard individually, without the presence of family members. The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may hear a minor applicant…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Medical examination

Article L531-11

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may ask the person applying for asylum to undergo a medical examination.The asylum seeker's refusal to undergo this medical exami…

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