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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and guarantees for disabled workers.

Article L5213-6-1

In any company employing at least two hundred and fifty employees, a referent is appointed to guide, inform and support people with disabilities. For the purposes of this article, the number of employ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-6

…horities mentioned in Article L. 5431-1, at the address indicated on the labelling of this product; 2° Placing a cosmetic product on the market, whether free of charge or for consideration, without th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article R310-19

…for the declaration of the liquidation sale under the conditions provided for in article R. 310-4 ; 2° Failure to mention in any advertising relating to a liquidation transaction the information requi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-5

…e in electronic exchanges, including with persons likely to be the perpetrators of these offences ; 2° By this means, extract or retain data on persons likely to be the perpetrators of these offences…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-4

…logy of mourning;- funeral practices and rites;- designing and leading a ceremony;- managing a team.2° For the diploma entitling the holder to exercise the function of funeral adviser and equivalent:-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Notice of payment of the fixed parking charge

Article R2333-120-5

…y dematerialised means in accordance with the provisions of article R. 417-3-1 of the Highway Code; 2° The maximum duration of paid parking, in the zone in question, during which the proof of payment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-3

…asure to prevent the occurrence of adverse events related to healthcare or to limit their effects ; 2° To provide the Haute Autorité de santé with the information necessary for the development or vali…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Orientation

Article R551-4

As soon as the asylum seeker arrives, the manager of the place of accommodation or, where applicable, the organisation under agreement pursuant to Article L. 550-2, informs the French Office for Immig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-12

In the event of infringement of the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…ing criteria:1° The resources available to the company, the economic and social unit and the group ;2° The support measures planned in view of the scale of the redundancy project;3° The training and a…

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