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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-5

The Prefect monitors the performance of the agreement. To this end, the employer shall provide, at his request, any information needed to verify the proper implementation of the agreement and the real…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Status and missions of Pôle emploi

Article R5312-4

When Pôle emploi takes decisions or enters into agreements on behalf of the State, it also decides, on behalf of the State, in the event of administrative appeals against these decisions or agreements…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section Sports agents

Article A222-1

The federations concerned by the application of articles R. 222-1 to R. 222-42 which set up a sports agents' commission and appoint a sports agents' delegate are on the following list: French Athletic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-2

…EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC and set up a system to ensure the quality of sterilisation of these devices.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities

Article R123-270

…f documents provided for in Article L. 123-41, as well as the checks provided for in Article L. 123-42, are carried out by the registrar of the competent commercial court or judicial court ruling on c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Preparation and implementation (R)

Article R1614-43

…department whose territory is subject to the special provisions mentioned in 4° of article R. 1614-42.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-44

…em relating to the incarceration of persons in custody as referred to in f of 1° of article R. 5312-42 are kept for a period of three months from the end of the incarceration of these persons. For any…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article L1453-8

The offer of a benefit covered by article L. 1453-7 is subject to the conclusion of an agreement between the beneficiary and the person referred to in article L. 1453-5. This agreement is subject to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3123-36

The employee holding an intermittent employment contract benefits from the rights granted to full-time employees, subject, as regards the contractual rights mentioned in article L. 3123-38, to the spe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-3

The assets representing commitments relating to several agreements, where they are not recorded separately in the accounts for each of these agreements, are deemed, in particular for each closing of t…

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