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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article D1142-59-1

…nfections nosocomiales (National Office for Compensation for Medical Accidents, Iatrogenic Diseases and Nosocomial Infections) provides the Etablissement français du sang, on 1st October each year, wi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

…category covered by an electoral college, its validity is subject to its signature by, on the one hand, the employer or its representative and, on the other hand, one or more representative employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

The validity of a company or establishment agreement is subject to its signature by, on the one hand, the employer or his representative and, on the other hand, one or more representative employee tra…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-14

…f article L. 2143-23 are applied, the validity of the company or establishment agreement negotiated and concluded with the trade union section representative is subject to its approval by the employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Criteria and procedures for funding the professional transition project

Article R6323-14

…mmittee will examine the employee's file. It will check compliance with the conditions of seniority and access set out in paragraph 1 of this section and in article R. 6323-10, as well as the ability…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289-1

…e town entered on the annual list. The names of alternate jurors, those entered on the special list and the names of jurors from the town where the assizes are to be held, who are entered on the annua…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formal notice to the debtor

Article 1344-2

Mandatory notice to deliver a thing places the risks on the debtor, if they are not already there.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the fight against nosocomial infections

Article R6111-7

The action programme mentioned in articles L. 6144-1 and L. 6161-2 includes a section on measures to be implemented to combat nosocomial infections. In order to ensure its implementation, an operation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-14

For the period between 29 September 2021 and 28 December 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 132.11% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 125…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-10

For the period between 19 May 2021 and 8 June 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 191.77% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 170.46% when t…

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