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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Establishment of social and economic committees and works councils

Article L2313-4

In the absence of an agreement concluded under the conditions set out in Articles L. 2313-2 and L. 2313-3, the employer determines the number and scope of separate establishments, taking into account…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Work equipment

Article R4461-47

…required to: 1° Perform work in hyperbaric conditions; 2° Monitor workers in hyperbaric conditions; 3° Produce, transfer, store, distribute and monitor breathing gases; 4° Provide emergency assistance…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article R581-5

Without prejudice to the provisions of the third paragraph of article L. 581-3, the provisional residence permit is refused or withdrawn or its renewal is refused if the foreign national is excluded f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2233

…until the condition arrives;2° In respect of an action in warranty, until the eviction takes place;3° In respect of a claim with a term, until that term has arrived.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Title VI: Health products containing nanoparticulate substances

Article L5161-1

Articles L. 523-1 to L. 523-3 of the Environmental Code apply to substances used in the composition of products mentioned in article L. 5311-1 of this Code and to veterinary medicinal products mention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-6

Honorary membership may be conferred on a sworn broker who has retired by resignation after twenty years of practising the profession. The decision is taken in the forms and according to the procedure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-10

In the event of a penal composition provided for in 3° of Article 706-53-2, the person is informed by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's delegate, who hands over the document provided fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R783-20

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: " the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer"…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R782-20

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: ", the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer" af…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-10

An unmarried couple or woman meeting the conditions of article L. 2141-6 consents to the reception of an embryo by joint declaration before a notary in accordance with the procedures set out in articl…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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