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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 L1233-57-2

…cedure for informing and consulting the social and economic committee has been properly carried out;3° Whether the employment protection plan includes the measures provided for in articles L. 1233-61…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-37

I. - Authorisation for 3° under the adult critical care modality may only be granted if the holder has a medical unit on site dedicated to cardiology activities. II.- The holder has, on site or by agr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-12

…hich the work is performed include, exhaustively, those relating to :1° Working hours ;2° Night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° Work by women, children and young…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ban on smoking in certain public places

Article R3512-4

…ion to adjoining rooms; 2° Be fitted with automatic closures that cannot be opened unintentionally; 3° Not be a place of passage; 4° Have a surface area no greater than 20% of the total surface area o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Flexible working days

Article L3121-62

…3121-18 ; 2° The maximum weekly working hours provided for in Articles L. 3121-20 and L. 3121-22; 3° To the legal weekly working hours provided for in article L. 3121-27.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-3

…s neither justified by the nature of the task to be performed nor proportionate to the aim pursued; 3° Provisions that discriminate against employees in their employment or work, with equal profession…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-3

…wn for a sufficient period of time for their interest in children's issues and for their competence;3° Have their residence within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal ;4° Not have been the perpetr…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-4

…sional or voluntary activity involving habitual contact with minors; 2° A ban on driving a vehicle; 3° A ban on owning or carrying a weapon subject to authorisation.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article D443-3

…nsity of competition in the insurance sector concerned and the expected economic gains for farmers; 3° The opinion of the Autorité de la concurrence mentioned in III of article L. 442-1-2; 4° A full r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article R2362-17

The information provided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the company, subsidiary or establishment concerned by the merger to certify that the arrangeme…

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