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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-56

…companies in the group, which remains consulted on the consequences of the projects on the company;2° To the body responsible for the administration of the dominant undertaking in the group, as defin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules specific to the election of employee representatives

Article R1411-58-12

…s, that the proportion of either sex among the persons eligible for this election is less than 40%; 2° When, after the results of the ballot, the difference between the number of elected women full me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific rules relating to third-country entities

Article D532-40

…31-2, outside a regulated market, a multilateral trading facility or an organised trading facility; 2° The transactions are concluded on a regulated market, a multilateral trading facility or an organ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1233-8

…tion and operating conditions allow for the satisfactory performance of organ retrieval operations; 2° Have an intensive care unit on site; 3° Have the medical staff and other personnel required to ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-6

…2003 L. 621-5-1 and L. 621-5-2 Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 L. 621-5-3 with the exception of 2° and c), f) and g) of 4° of II and L. 621-5-4 Law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 L. 621-5-5law…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regulation of investments and other assets

Article A332-7

…assets listed in 1° to 13° of Article R. 332-2 is evaluated as follows. The assets mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 2° ter, 10°, 11°, 12° and 13° of article R. 332-2 as well as the securities issued by mu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

…hen the purchaser decides to require the contractor to subcontract part of his contract pursuant to 2° of article L. 2393-3, he shall indicate this in the contract notice in the form of percentages se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A7

…e technical examination and the test subjects are set by the commission provided for in article 16 (2° and 4°) of the present code on the proposal of the director of military personnel of the national…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits

Article L3121-56

…ollow the collective timetable applicable to the workshop, department or team to which they belong; 2° Employees who have genuine autonomy in the organisation of their working hours.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R5421-5

The Board of Directors shall, through its deliberations, settle matters within the competence of the interdepartmental institution. It may delegate some of its powers to the executive committee under…

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