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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-12

…d the highest number of votes in the first ballot of the election of the members of this committee; 2° If there is no social and economic committee, to a representative directly elected for this purpo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Registration.

Article D4644-6

…work, or at least five years' professional experience in the field of occupational risk prevention; 2° A declaration of interests, the model for which is laid down by decree; 3° A report on the profes…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-117

…uantified statement of receivables and debts, and the final annual accounts for 2019, 2020 and 2021;2° A statement of the aid from which the company has benefited as part of the support put in place b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R1313-31

A person subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 1451-2 must provide information to the public either in writing in the case of an article intended for the written press or dis…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-40

…y have access, concerns the players:1° A sporting competition organised by the federation concerned;2° A sporting competition organised by the professional league set up by that federation;3° A sporti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-5

…ticle 131-27 of the Criminal Code and partial deprivation of civil and civic rights provided for in 2° of Article 131-26 of the same Code. Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-3

…are : 1° Any head of a company or of the dominant company in a Community-scale group of companies; 2° Any head of an undertaking belonging to a Community-scale group of undertakings; 3° Any head of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2412-5

The termination of the fixed-term employment contract of a member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-4

…ter, it must submit a declaration stating that it has been accredited by the competent authorities; 2° Where the laboratory is established in a Member State or Party whose authorisation or approval co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-3

…and III.II. - For the application of I of article L. 5211-43 :1° In 1°, "40%" is replaced by "60%";2° 2° is not applicable;3° In 3°, "5%" is replaced by "20%";4° In 4°, "10%" is replaced by "20%";5°…

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