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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article D762-3

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article D763-3

The provisions of the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Falling persons.

Article R4534-3

Those parts of a building which are not available for site service and access to which is dangerous to people are clearly demarcated and visibly signposted. Access to them is prevented by physical mea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules

Article A712-33

The CCI France intervention standard relating to combined accounts and consolidated accounts is binding on related entities included in the scope of the combining or consolidating CCI. Failure by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules

Article A712-32

No later than the meeting following its installation, the general meeting of each public institution shall elect from among its members a finance committee, the composition and powers of which shall b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R4623-3

The occupational health physician communicates his qualifications to the occupational health medical inspectorate within one month of taking up his post in an occupational health and prevention servic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks.

Article R4643-3

In order to fulfil its mission, the Organisme professionnel de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics : 1° Participates in monitoring occupational risks; 2° Conducts studies relating to working…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

I.-The Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors comprises : 1° Eleven emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1111-3

The following are not taken into account when calculating the number of employees in the company:1° Apprentices ;2° Holders of an initiative-employment contract, during the period of allocation of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-38

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may take a decision to close the examination of an application in the following cases:1° The applicant, without a legitimate reas…

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