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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention engineers.

Article L8123-4

…e prevention engineers of the regional directorates for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment, when providing technical support to the labour inspection officers mentioned in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-4

…occupational physician envisaged by the employer is submitted for the opinion of either the social and economic committee, the inter-company social and economic committee or the inter-company service…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-40

…ent report includes: 1° The rendering of accounts as it emerges from the analytical edition of the mandate in the special accounts of the administrator or the judicial representative. The analytical c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-4

…utorité de contrôle prudentiel pursuant to article L. 341-4, the financial year begins on 1 January and ends on 31 December of each year. By way of exception, the first financial year of French compan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities

Article D5211-4

…hat support the disabled person in his or her access to employment;4° The Commission for the Rights and Independence of Disabled People;5° The organisations involved in drawing up the person's social…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : State diploma for nurse anaesthetists

Article D4311-47

…set by order of the Minister of Health: 1° The conditions for student admission ; 2° The programme and organisation of studies ; 3° The procedures for granting exemptions from study requirements; 4°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-4

…Minister of Justice, the President of the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires, the Government Commissioner or the Public Prosecutor of the jurisdiction in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-43

The notifications and communications to the owner of the patent or patent application provided for by the provisions of articles R. 613-10 to R. 613-42 shall be validly made at the address indicated i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-4

…rious challenge, the court clerk shall summon the debtor, the creditor, the judicial representative and the administrator, where one has been appointed, by registered letter with acknowledgement of re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-40

…which the certificate was issued;the genus or species to which the variety belongs;the denomination and, where appropriate, any other denomination under which it is already designated by other members…

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