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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-17

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the employer provides the Social and Economic Committee with the informatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Research, clinical investigations and performance studies covered by national defence secrets

Article L1123-17

When the authority designated in article L. 1123-12 or in II of articles L. 1125-1 and L. 1126-1 does not have agents with the level of clearance required for national defence confidentiality, given t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Special methods of collecting duties

Article 1723 ter

The duties payable on judicial decisions and deeds exempt from the formality of registration, as well as those relating to the deeds referred to in II of article 658, shall be recovered either in acco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use and maintenance of work equipment

Article R4323-17

Where the measures taken in application of articles R. 4321-1 and R. 4321-2 cannot be sufficient to protect the health and safety of workers, the employer shall take the necessary measures to ensure t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 quater

The obstacle to access to records or documents on a computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-17

When the president of the court issues an order temporarily suspending proceedings against one of the persons referred to in Article R. 613-16, the court clerk shall forward this information, in writi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article R2362-17

The information provided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment concerned by the merger to certify that the arrangeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R2352-17

The information provided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment involved in the merger to certify that the arrangemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-17

I.-The person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved and preserved in the context of medically assisted procreation for a parental project in application of article L. 2141-1 is consulted each…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article R2372-17

The information provided, in application of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment concerned by the transaction to certify that th…

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