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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-1

The date of elections to the regional, inter-regional and national councils and disciplinary chambers of the ordre is announced at least two months before the date scheduled for the election in the bu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies with fifty or more employees

Article R2143-2

In companies, the number of union delegates is set as follows: 1° From 50 to 999 employees: 1 delegate; 2° From 1,000 to 1,999 employees: 2 delegates; 3° From 2,000 to 3,999 employees: 3 delegates; 4°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Unseizability.

Article R526-1

In accordance with article R. 123-37, are indicated in the application for registration in the trade and companies register of the natural person: 1° The declaration of unseizability of his rights ove…

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

Article L1334-15

The representative of the State in the département may give formal notice to the owner or, failing this, the operator of a built property: 1° To implement, within a fixed period, the necessary measure…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Voluntary departure period

Article L612-4

Foreign nationals coming directly from the territory of one of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 may have 1° and 2° of article L. 612-3 applied to them if they cannot p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and certain of their subsidiaries.

Article R232-13

Within four months of the end of the first half of their financial year, companies whose shares are admitted, in whole or in part, to trading on a regulated market, shall attach and file with the Auto…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Information organisation

Article L451-2

I. - All insurance undertakings covering civil liability risks arising from the use of land motor vehicles in the territory of the French Republic, excluding carrier's liability, shall join the inform…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1711-7

Articles R. 1424-1 to R. 1425-25, as well as 1°, 2° and 4° of article R. 1615-2 are applicable to Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-3

The control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 may pass on to the officers authorised by the Director of the Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité, referred to in Article L. 634-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-1

I.-An employer who posts one or more employees, under the conditions set out in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and article L. 1262-2, must submit a declaration, prior to the posting, to the Labour Ins…

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