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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan

Article D1233-14-4

The assessment of the effective implementation of the job protection plan referred to in article L. 1233-63, the content of which is set by order of the Minister responsible for employment, is carried…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-4

The doctor consulted by the relative who has received the family medical information letter referred to in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1131-1-2 will approach the prescribing doctor who sent thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-6

The statutory auditor competent pursuant to 3° of article L. 2152-1 or 3° of article L. 2152-4 shall certify in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections 2 and 3 of this chapter: 1°…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Composition of gases

Article R4461-19

The partial pressure of oxygen in a breathed mixture must not : I. - Be less than 160 hectopascals and, in a hyperbaric work chamber, be greater than 25 per cent of the absolute pressure. II - Exceed…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Trade union audience measurement for companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2122-10-5

Any elector or a representative appointed by the elector may lodge a dispute with the court concerning an entry on the electoral roll, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The j…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article R332-1

When a case is referred to it for the purposes of infringement seizure pursuant to Article L. 332-1 or Article L. 332-4, the court may ex officio order the provisional sequestration of the seized item…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-8

Declarations of accession or denunciation, made in application of articles L. 2261-3 and L. 2261-9, are deposited, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article D. 2231-4 and in 1 o of articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34-1

The person managing an establishment or service shall specify in writing the powers and duties delegated to the professional whom it has entrusted with the management of the establishment or service.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article D5217-36

The accounting officer of the metropolitan authority is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R4524-10

The heads of the establishments concerned shall provide the inter-company committee with all the information it needs to carry out its duties, in particular : 1° The major accident prevention policy t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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