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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional bodies for health, safety and working conditions.

Article L4643-1

…l causes of occupational risks; 3° Encouraging professional initiatives in the field of prevention; 4° Proposing to the public authorities any measures which experience has shown to be useful.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-21

…2° Other legal entities governed by public law;3° Non-profit organisations governed by private law;4° Legal persons under private law responsible for managing a public service;5° Cooperative societie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article D5424-6-1

…f joining or the date of extension of membership of the insurance scheme for the staff mentioned in 4° bis of article L. 5424-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and membership

Article R1253-14

…be set up to make replacements available to: 1° Managers of farms or businesses mentioned in 1° to 4° of Article L. 722-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 2° Managers of craft, industrial or c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Retirement

Article D1237-1

…ary after fifteen years' seniority; 3° One and a half months' salary after twenty years' seniority; 4° Two months' salary after thirty years' seniority.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-12

In accordance with article L. 2223-17, a perpetual plot may not be deemed to be in a state of abandonment before the expiry of a period of thirty years from the date of the plot deed. The procedure pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-5

The employee's request for early liquidation may be made at any time, except in the case provided for in 3° of article R. 3334-4. In this case, the request must be made within six months of the trigge…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Regional Plan for Spatial Planning, Sustainable Development and Equality

Article R4251-14

The competent administrative authority of the State informs the president of the regional council, with a view to the debate within the territorial conference on public action provided for in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section unique : Le conseil des sites de Corse

Article R4421-1

…devolved to the specialised formations provided for by articles R. 341-22 of the Environment Code; 4° In its "quarries" configuration, to exercise the powers devolved to the specialised configuration…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content and procedure

Article R6423-2

Support is optional and begins as soon as the application for validation of prior learning has been declared admissible. It ends on the date of assessment by the jury.If one or more parts of the certi…

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