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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employment and working conditions

Article R1253-38

The company may recruit employees either to assign them exclusively to the activity of the employers' group, or to assign them both to this activity and to its other activities.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Accommodation

Article R4228-35

Temperature-controlled showers are installed near the accommodation rooms, in individual cubicles, with one cubicle for every six people.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-51

I.-The resolution college may require a person referred to in Article L. 311-1 who has been the subject of a transfer provided for in 3° or 4° of Article L. 311-30, Article L. 311-35 or Article L. 311…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-14

I. - Aid for property investment may only be granted if the beneficiary has submitted an application to this effect before the start of the investment.Where the beneficiary is a large company, aid may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-79

Staff representation on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee is as follows: 1° For the representatives appointed by the first college: a) Up to 15 employees: one member and one alternate; b) Fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-26

The application for authorisation referred to in article R. 5122-2 sent by electronic means is drawn up on a site accessible online, via the Internet network, offering the functionalities necessary fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Overall capital gains or losses

Article 223 D

The overall net long-term capital gain or loss is determined by the parent company by making the algebraic sum of the net long-term capital gains or losses of each of the companies in the group, deter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-16

Before a clinical investigation is carried out, information is given to the person taking part by the investigator or by a doctor representing him. Where the investigator is a qualified person, this i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-15

Before a performance study is carried out, information is given to the person taking part by the investigator or by a doctor representing him. Where the investigator is a qualified person, this inform…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Open invitation to tender

Article R2161-3

The minimum period laid down in Article R. 2161-2 may be reduced: 1° To fifteen days if the purchaser has published a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice that has not been used as…

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