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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Information in companies with fewer than three hundred employees

Article R2312-19

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer makes available to the Social and Economic Committee, with a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-36

A national register of companies is kept, in which companies carrying out a commercial, craft, agricultural or self-employed activity on French territory are registered. The following are thus registe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-6

In addition to officers and agents of the judicial police, the following are empowered to investigate and record, in the course of their duties, breaches of the provisions of Sections 3 and 4 of Chapt…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article Annexe à l'article R134-1

The data and information recorded, according to their availability, in the processing known as the Register of unavailable books of the twentieth century are as follows: 1. First names and surnames or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Other signs identifying origin and quality

Article L432-2

It is forbidden:1° To issue a red label without satisfying the conditions set out in article L. 642-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime;2° To issue a red label that has not been subject to the app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-6

Promissory notes governed by articles L. 313-42 et seq. are treated in the same way as the loans referred to in article L. 513-3 , provided that the receivables secured by them comply with the conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-78

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the corporate governance report referred to in Article L. 226-10-1 includes the information, where applicable adapted for s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

Article L5221-8

The procedures for applying this Title, and in particular:1° The procedures for filing and updating the declarations provided for in Article L. 5221-4;2° The procedures for issuing in vitro diagnostic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Allocation of seats

Article R2344-1

The number of seats on the special negotiating body and the European works council set up in the absence of an agreement for each of the States mentioned in Article L. 2341-1 is set according to the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article R2362-5

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 2362-3 insofar as it refers to Article L. 2352-3, the number of seats per Member State on the special negotiating body is equal to : 1° Up to 10% of the t…

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