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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4163-3

The employer declares the exposure of workers to one or more of the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, in accordance with the risk assessment provided for in article L. 4121-3,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4351-26

…sentative, as Chairman ;2° The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative;3° The academic regional rector or his representative;4° A doctor ;5° A medical radiology technician…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3351-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to concession contracts entered into by the State or its public establishme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-10-1

…erned ; 2° The host structures with which these employees can carry out periods of work experience; 3° The specific support provided by the integration company during these periods; 4° The object or o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article D131-1-3

…le medium, the risks involved in selecting the units of account referred to in article R. 131-1-1 ; 3° The subscriber declares on paper or on any other durable medium, in a document separate from the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-3

The request for authorisation specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit in which he or she will be called upon to perform them on his or her first posting.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article L356-15

…as an amount of eligible own funds at least equal to the Solvency Capital Requirement of the group; 3° In the case of group supervision referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the insu…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-5

I. - The Marseille marine firefighters battalion is a formation of the national navy with specific territorial jurisdiction permanently invested with a civil security mission within the meaning of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article R2333-82-4

…c quality of the event, based on criteria defined for each of the objectives mentioned in a to d of 3° of II of article L. 2333-55-3, is shown in the appendix.To process the application, the regional…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-17

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall register the company, by way of derogation from Article R. 422-3-1, within two months of receipt of the declaration pro…

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