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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3121-2-2

…of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, for the detection of transmissible infectious diseases placed on the market in accordance with the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-2

…ats pursuant to Article R. 1441-2, that may be recorded in the automated processing are as follows: 1° Surname, first names and title ; 2° Their professional or personal e-mail address; 3° His/her fix…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-2

Online challenges may be made for the following reasons: 1° The vehicle in question has been, sold, transferred, stolen, destroyed or had its number plates stolen; 2° Another driver was presumed to be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…om the protection provided by this chapter in the event of the termination of a fixed-term contract:1° Trade union delegate ;2° Elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic commit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities.

Article D213-8

…the undertakings referred to in Article L. 213-3-2 must belong to one of the following categories:1° Companies in the form of joint stock companies or, in the case of companies whose registered offi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Multidisciplinary teams

Article R4626-17

…n service with the resources it needs to function properly and carry out its tasks, in particular : 1° Nurses ; 2° Occupational health and prevention service assistants; 3° At the occupational health…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-22-2

…for the same purposes and under the same conditions, make public, through the intermediary of competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, objective elements drawn from the proceedings…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-24-2

…the amount of aid is reduced in proportion to the number of jobs filled. The amount is equal to : 1° 100% of the basic amount of aid mentioned in article R. 5132-24 for the first year of performance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-21-2

…utionary basis, for a maximum period of four months, is notified to the organisation by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Reasons are given for the decision and the appeal procedures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-3

No employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to a discriminatory measure for having witnessed or reported the conduct defined in Articles L. 1132-1 and L. 1132-2.

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