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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

…meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on the development of certain social economy activities; 3° Association governed by the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Surrender in application of international conventions or European Union law

Article L621-3

…without complying with the stipulations of paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 19, paragraph 1 of article 20, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of article 21, of this convention, relating to the conditions of movement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-23

…se living areas has a surface area of at least nine square metres or a habitable volume of at least 20 cubic metres;2° The other rooms have a surface area of at least seven square metres;3° An occupan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Election of staff representatives to the administrative or supervisory board of a consular higher education establishment

Article R711-77

…he establishment, or in the association, mentioned in VI of Article 43 of the aforementioned law of 20 December 2014, which created the establishment.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Valuation of securities.

Article R3332-23

…s. This valuation is optional for the companies mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 3332-20 whose shares are valued in accordance with the second paragraph of the same article.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the Control Committee.

Article D4622-41

…an being laid off, as part of the procedure provided for in the fourth paragraph of article R. 4623-20. The agenda is sent, under the same conditions, to the Regional Director of Companies, Competitio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Pharmacists and veterinary assistants in veterinary pharmaceutical establishments.

Article R5142-38

…in Article R. 5142-40: 1° One assistant pharmacist or veterinary surgeon for a workforce of between 20 and 35 people ; 2° A second assistant pharmacist or veterinarian for a workforce of 36 to 75 peop…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…former employees within the framework of company mutual funds governed by Chapter III of loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières et porta…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-125

…tten test covering all aspects of high-level practice in the sports option concerned (marked out of 20; duration: three hours; coefficient 2); - an oral test covering the organisation and national and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

…nal products used for the purposes of a clinical trial within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal…

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