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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-13

…greements are set out in annual amendments. Each year, the organisation submits its annual accounts and an activity report detailing, for employees on integration schemes, the actions implemented and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-13

…of health in accordance with their professional skills. This information relates to the care, means and techniques used, about which the nurse gives all useful advice. It is the nurse's responsibility…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-13

…bankruptcy or any other sanction pursuant to Title V of Book VI or previously applicable provisions and not have been the perpetrator of acts contrary to honour or probity that have led to a criminal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-3

A debtor who has not made his choice known must, if one of the performances becomes impossible, perform one of the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-2

If it results from force majeure, the impossibility of performing the chosen service discharges the debtor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-4

A creditor who has not made his choice known must, if one of the performances becomes impossible to perform as a result of force majeure, be satisfied with one of the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-1

…fter formal notice, exercise that choice or rescind the contract.The choice exercised is definitive and causes the obligation to lose its alternative character.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The alternative obligation

Article 1307-5

When the performances become impossible, the debtor is discharged only if the impossibility arises, for each of them, from a case of force majeure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-13

…is carried out before they are assigned to the post; 2° For workers benefiting from an information and prevention visit provided for in article R. 4624-10 of the present code, this is carried out wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-13

…ication or service of the order, under penalty of a fine. This order sets the rate of the astreinte and also mentions the place, day and time of the hearing at which the case will be considered. It is…

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