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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-6

…ork equipment and means of protection set out in articles R. 4321-1 to R. 4321-5 ; 2° Obligation to maintain compliance as set out in article R. 4322-1 ; 3° Rules for installing and using work equipme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…de Reims ;26° Centre hospitalier régional de Rennes ;27° Centre hospitalier régional de La Réunion ;28° Centre hospitalier régional de Rouen ;29° Centre hospitalier régional de Saint-Etienne ;30° Cent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…f priority from among tenured teaching staff in general medicine governed by decree no. 2008-744 of 28 July 2008 laying down provisions relating to tenured and non-tenured university teaching staff in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…pplication of Article L. 5211-7 :1° (repealed)2° In II, the words: "by Articles L. 44 to L. 46, L. 228 to L. 237-1 and L. 239 of the Electoral Code" are replaced by the words: "insofar as they are app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-1

The reproduction and representation mentioned in the first paragraph of 7° of Article L. 122-5 are ensured, for non-profit purposes and to the extent required by the disability, under the following co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-8

…opened on or after 26 June 2018, the judgment shall be mentioned together with an indication of the main, secondary or territorial nature of the insolvency proceedings within the meaning of Article 3(…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Renegotiation clause

Article L441-8

…iod provided for in the third paragraph, and unless recourse is made to arbitration, Article L. 631-28 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code is applied without the contract being able to provide for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L773-42

I.-Pursuant to 8° ofArticle 6-2 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following are automatically applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-42

I.-Pursuant to Article 7(8) of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptation provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56

…the officials and agents acting under the conditions provided for in the third paragraph of Article 28 and those to whom he may have recourse pursuant to Article 60, the right to inspect papers, docum…

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