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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4622-5-1

…vice, the prevention of occupational risks to which these employees are exposed, as provided for in 1°, 1° bis, 2°, 4° and 5° of article L. 4622-2, is carried out jointly under an agreement concluded…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L311-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to the following persons: 1° The undertakings carrying on direct insurance business referred to in Article L. 310-1, with the exception of those not covered by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-10

All workers are entitled to an information and prevention visit, carried out by one of the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4624-1 within a period not exceeding thre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L775-12

Article L. 518-1, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010, is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the deletion of all references to the words: "la Poste, un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

I.-The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 the activities that have…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of protection zones.

Article D3335-1

For the application of article L. 3335-2, the Prefect shall establish protection zones under the conditions laid down in this section. These zones may be different from those he determines pursuant to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-11

The expenses of the National Institute of Industrial Property include: 1° Operating and equipment expenses of the Institute; 2° Expenses incurred by France's participation in international industrial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Delivery of training courses

Article D6353-1

…n articles L. 6331-48 and L. 6331-54, the agreement provided for in article L. 6353-1 must include: 1° The title, objective and content of the action, the resources provided, the duration and period o…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-1

…llion.2. The tax resources referred to in 1 correspond, for municipalities, to those referred to in 1° of a of Article L. 2331-3 and, for public intercommunal cooperation establishments with their own…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article R4622-18

…mbers of an inter-company occupational health and prevention service with territorial jurisdiction: 1° Either for the municipality in which the employer resides, or for the municipality in which the o…

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