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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-12

…4° The dimensions of staircase steps must comply with good practice; 5° There must be no more than 25 steps in each flight; 6° Landings are the same width as the stairs and, in the case of uncontroll…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-341

…erms of the combination of activities and remuneration, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 25 septies of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-3

…ting fromL. 133-1 to L. 133-2Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 133-3 and L. 133-4Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-5 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 133-6 to L. 133-8Order no. 2017-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105-2

I.-The independent third-party body referred to in V of article L. 225-102-1 is appointed, as appropriate, by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Management Board, for a period not exce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-6

…ders of an authorisation to carry out one of the healthcare activities mentioned in article R. 6122-25 and, in the case of the specific regional perinatal schemes, of birthing centres under the condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-22

…or demerger, the provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply where articles L. 236-15, L. 236-25 and L. 236-26 are applied or where the option provided for in article L. 236-27 is exercised.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-1

…ation the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.To this end, local authorities and their groupings may, where appropriate, enter i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-51

…tions:1° The production company requests the use of the financial envelope in sums of a minimum of €25,000 for the production of each work;2° The production company may request the use of up to 20% of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-22

…f concerned by the obligation of professional competence mentioned in articles L. 314-24 and L. 314-25 are natural persons who work for the creditor and who are directly involved in drawing up, offeri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article D351-1

…PPLICABLES DANS LAYOUT D. 312-1, D. 312-7, D. 312-8, D. 312-15 to D. 312-19 and D. 312-21 to D. 312-25 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 312-26 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 o…

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