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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2

I. - Subject to the provisions of article L. 310-10, the direct insurance operations defined in article L. 310-1 may be carried out in the territory of the French Republic only :1° by undertakings hav…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

Notwithstanding article L. 224-20, when a collective company retirement savings plan is set up, the company may decide, under the conditions mentioned in article L. 224-14, to set up compulsory paymen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assistant pharmacists in pharmaceutical establishments.

Article R5124-38

For each establishment dependent on companies or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 5124-2, the number of assistant pharmacists who assist and replace the pharmacist in charge or t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Cooling-off period.

Article D6322-30

In application of article L. 6322-2, a minimum period of fifteen days must be observed after submission of the detailed estimate, dated and signed by the practitioner or practitioners mentioned in 1°,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1-3

I.-The skills operator is responsible for : 1° Actions contributing to the development of skills for the benefit of companies with fewer than fifty employees mentioned in article L. 6313-1 ; 2° Appren…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6241-19

Employers liable for the apprenticeship tax pay the balance referred to in II of article L. 6241-2 on the basis of the same base as that of the main part, collected in the year preceding that in which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-15

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a collective branch agreement may introduce night work in a company or establishment, within the meaning of article L. 3122-5, or extend it to ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work

Article R3163-1

The sectors in which the particular characteristics of the activity justify, in application of articles L. 3163-2 and L. 6222-26, the granting of a derogation from the ban on night work for young work…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Helping to define requirements

Article R2311-1

The provisions of articles R. 2111-1 and R. 2111-2 apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-3

I.-The Board of Directors deliberates in particular on : 1° The general orientations of the establishment and its programme of activities developed in application of the missions defined in article L.…

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