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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Referral procedure of the labour inspector

Article D3132-24

The judge referred to in article L. 3132-31 is the president of the judicial court.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-24

…planning, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the activities of accredited centres. The agency may entrust the operational implementation of the tasks of coordinating, monitoring and analysing ac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-24

…y joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and social security. However, employers who meet the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 133-9 of the Social Security Code ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-5

Symposiums or conferences eligible under 2° of article A. 822-28-3 have a continuous duration of at least one and a half hours and are organised for at least twenty participants. Each colloquium or co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1226-24

…void.A commercial clerk is an employee who, employed by a trader within the meaning of Article L. 121-1 of the French Commercial Code, performs commercial duties in the service of customers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Special arrangements for staff of companies providing catering or sleeping accommodation on trains.

Article R221-24

…rest periods of at least fifty-nine hours. The number of rest days per twenty-eight day period is set by company agreement under conditions laid down by decree. These rest days may be given on a day…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-24

The expert opinion provided for by article 706-115 may be entrusted to an expert psychiatrist or to a doctor on the list provided for by article 431 of the Civil Code. In both cases, the provisions of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-28

…lso suspended where the consumer and the trader enter into negotiations with a view to an amicable settlement.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-2

…g is one hundred and twenty hours over three consecutive years. At least twenty hours shall be completed in any one year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article D4422-28-1

Articles D. 4134-28 to D. 4134-33 are applicable to members of the Corsican economic, social, environmental and cultural council.

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