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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4

…by the word "machinery" and included in the list below: 1° Machinery; 2° Interchangeable equipment; 3° Safety components; 4° Lifting accessories; 5° Chains, cables, straps; 6° Removable mechanical tra…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Territorial organisation

Article R5315-13

The public institution is made up of a national directorate and regional directorates. The Regional Director reports to the Managing Director. For activities carried out as part of the public employme…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Creation of apprenticeship training units

Article R6233-2

…ments, the content of the teaching and, where applicable, the premises intended for accommodation ; 3° The financing arrangements.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Secondment.

Article R6152-58

…d of secondment exceeds six months, the post is declared vacant, except in the case provided for in 3° of article R. 6152-51, for which the post is declared vacant when this period exceeds one year.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contracts of carriage other than removals

Article L224-65

Where the consumer personally takes delivery of the items transported and where the haulage contractor does not provide evidence that he was given the opportunity to effectively check that they are in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-4

Workers declared unfit in application of article L. 4624-4 or for whom the occupational physician has identified a risk of unfitness as part of the pre-resumption examination mentioned in article L. 4…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-8

Where a contract covering civil liability arising from the use of motor vehicles other than the carrier's civil liability is taken out under the freedom to provide services within the meaning of artic…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L958-2

…d); 2° "chambre régionale des comptes" by "chambre territoriale des comptes de Nouvelle-Calédonie"; 3° "commission régionale de discipline" by "commission territoriale de discipline".

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-2

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles R. 6123-91-2 and R. 6123-91-3, at least one surgeon with the qualifications mentioned in article D. 6124-132-1 takes part, either phy…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Protected works

Article L112-4

The title of a work of the mind, once it has an original character, is protected like the work itself. No one may, even if the work is no longer protected under the terms of articles L. 123-1 to L. 12…

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