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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-4

…contract if it can prove that the employee is guilty of serious misconduct or that it is impossible to continue the contract for a reason unrelated to the state of health of the employee's child.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require credit institutions and finance companies to publish more than once a year, within the timeframes it determines, the information referr…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-4-4

…ciation of the public establishment expressly so provide, independently of the functions of coordinator of the grouping of orders and whatever the competences that have been transferred to it, with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-4

…e technical conditions under which birthing centres operate are laid down by decree. The care given to women and newborn babies complies with the recommendations for good professional practice drawn u…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-40-4

Where information relating to a geolocation operation has been placed in a separate file pursuant to Article 230-40, and except where it has been placed in the procedural file pursuant to Article 230-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-4-4

…sions of Article 52-1, the judicial courts in which there is an investigating division and the territorial jurisdiction of these divisions are determined as follows: HEADQUARTERS TERRITORIAL JURISDICT…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Unit dispensing of medicinal products in dispensing pharmacies

Article R5132-42-4

…rantees their integrity. He or she places them in a new outer packaging suitable for transport and storage. All parts of the new outer packaging must be strong enough to prevent any loss of contents.…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-40-4

…ons or examinations provided for in article R. 6111-36, appropriate security measures must be taken to respect the confidentiality of care.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-44

…Unless Article L. 313-46 applies, the lender shall recover free disposal of the claims referred to in Article L. 313-43 as and when they fall due or are repaid, or on its own initiative. For as lo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-48

To guarantee payment on maturity of either the amount of the promissory note referred to in article L. 313-42 or the interest attached to this note, the holder of this note may ask the lending institu…

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