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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article R693-4

Claims shall be declared in the French language or accompanied by a translation into the French language. The creditor may produce a translation of the claim declaration and supporting documents until…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Management by the social and economic committee

Article R2312-42

For social security bodies established in the company, housing and allotment garden activities, when decisions are subject to control or approval by the administration, the opinion of the Social and E…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Management by the social and economic committee

Article R2312-41

The Social and Economic Committee is represented on: 1° the boards of directors of social security organisations and mutual societies established within the company, as well as on the supervisory comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Management by the social and economic committee

Article R2312-40

The executive committee appointed by the boards of directors of social and cultural activities which have legal personality includes at least one member designated by the social and economic committee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Assessment and early intervention pathways for neurodevelopmental disorders

Article R2135-4

The establishments or services mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles may admit a child directly at the end of his or her early assessment and interve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R950-4

In the absence of adaptation, references made by provisions of this code applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, to provisions which are not applicable there, are replaced by references to provis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R4312-4

For the application of the provisions of

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Technical requirements during building and civil engineering works.

Article R4535-4

During the work referred to in Article R. 4534-132, self-employed workers and employers, when working directly on a building or civil engineering site, wear appropriate breathing apparatus in good wor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of the occupational health and prevention service

Article R4625-4

The inter-company occupational health and prevention service approved to carry out occupational health duties for temporary workers constitutes a sector with its own geographical remit reserved for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-46

Pharmaceutical establishments operate in accordance with the good practices mentioned in article L. 5121-5 which are applicable to them. In particular, they have : 1° Premises fitted out, arranged and…

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