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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit.

Article R3332-4

The regulations of the company savings plan referred to in articles L. 3332-7 and L. 3332-9 are filed, together with the appendices relating to the selection criteria and the list of investment instru…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-4

…ulletin no. 2 of a person's criminal record, where it does not contain any mention of a conviction, and solely for the purposes of recruiting the person, the managers of public or private legal entiti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-4

…or approval must be accompanied by the following documents:1° A copy of the articles of association and by-laws, together with a copy of the receipt for the declaration provided for inarticle 5 of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-42

…he information mentioned in 1°, 2° or 4° of article R. 4153-41 changes, this information is updated and communicated to the labour inspection supervisor by any means giving a date certain within eight…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-4

…their groupings or their public establishments; 2° Decentralised State departments; 3° Departments and bodies with national jurisdiction when the contracts in question cover needs limited to the loca…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D325-4

…to criteria laid down in a classification table drawn up by the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 and approved by order of the Minister responsible for tourism.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-4

Where the candidate for registration holds a chartered accountancy diploma, at least two-thirds of the training period provided for in Article 67 of Decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012 relating to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-4

The level of results referred to in article D. 1142-3 and the results obtained for each indicator referred to in articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1 are published annually, no later than 1st March of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-4

…ntion of the user in an easily accessible manner, in accordance with article L. 331-10 of this code and to article L. 111-1 of the Consumer Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-4

This chapter does not apply to the economic operator manufacturing for his own use or putting into service one of the items of equipment mentioned in this chapter for his own use.

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