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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18-1

…s which, for the third consecutive financial year, employ an average number of at least two hundred and fifty permanent employees and have net sales or a balance sheet total of at least 50 million eur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-1-1

Subject to the compatibility of their workstation, local councillors are deemed to fall within the category of persons who have, where applicable, the most favourable access to teleworking in the exer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1-1

The publication of decisions, acts and documents provided for in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property distributed in electronic form, under conditions such as to guarantee its authenticity, pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article L3123-1-1

Subject to the compatibility of his or her workstation, the departmental councillor is deemed to fall within the category of persons who have, where applicable, the most favourable access to teleworki…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article L4135-1-1

Subject to the compatibility of their workstation, regional councillors are deemed to fall within the category of persons who have, where applicable, the most favourable access to teleworking in the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-1-1

…complete or update the exposure monitoring sheet for a worker referred to in 2° of V of Article L. 4161-1, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article D. 4161-1-1, is punishable by a fifth-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-10-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles D. 4364-7 to D. 4364-10, the following may practise the professions of orthoprosthetist, chiropodist, ocularist, epithesist or orthopaedic orthotist:1° Pract…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-12

The description includes: 1° An indication of the technical field to which the invention relates; 2° An indication of the prior art, known to the applicant, which may be considered useful for understa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-1

For the purposes of article L. 3512-7, activities aimed at influencing public decision-making, in particular the content of a law or regulatory act, by communicating with the persons mentioned in 3° o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Referral to the conciliator and examination of the claim

Article R141-19

…the request for conciliation is submitted after the expiry of the time limit set out in Article R. 141-15, the Chairman of the Mediation Conference may invite the other party to take part in an optio…

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