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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-35-1

Before the request for validation or homologation provided for inArticle L. 1233-57-4 is sent, any dispute relating to the expert appraisal is sent to the administrative authority, which gives its dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-8

An employer who intends to make collective redundancies for economic reasons of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-45

Temporary work contractors may only operate after making a declaration to the administrative authority and obtaining a financial guarantee in accordance with article L. 1251-49.A prior declaration is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-46

The temporary employment agency provides the statement of assignment contracts to the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1, in particular for the purpose of verifying employees' entitlement to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

When the user company hires, after an assignment, an employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-47

When a temporary employment agency operates without having made the declarations provided for in Article L. 1251-45 or without having obtained the financial guarantee provided for in Article L. 1251-4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-48

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine :1° The content and procedures for the declarations provided for in Article L. 1251-45 and the deadline for submitting them to the administrative authori…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Design studies

Article D2171-5

The purpose of the design studies is to :1° To propose one or more overall solutions, reflecting the major elements of the programme, and to indicate the timescales for completion;2° To check the feas…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Execution studies

Article D2171-12

If the main contractor's team identified in the overall contract has not drawn up the execution studies or the summary plans, it must ensure that the documents it has not drawn up comply with the prov…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Project studies

Article D2171-10

The purpose of project studies is to :1° To specify, by means of plans, sections and elevations, the shapes of the various elements of the construction, the nature and characteristics of the materials…

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