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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Final provisions

Article R822-124

The provisions of sub-section I relating to the provisions common to sociétés de commissaires aux comptes are not applicable to sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commiss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Company nurses.

Article R4623-32

…ove this number, one additional nurse for every 600 employees. In other establishments with between 500 and 1,000 employees, there is at least one nurse, and one additional nurse per 1,000 employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Company nurses.

Article R4623-34

The nurse carries out the occupational health tasks assigned to him/her by this code or delegated under the conditions provided for in article R. 4623-14 under the authority of the company occupationa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R4623-29

Nurses recruited to an occupational health and prevention service must hold a state diploma or be authorised to practise without restriction under the conditions set out in the Public Health Code. If…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Company nurses.

Article R4623-33

…industrial establishments with fewer than 200 employees and in other establishments with fewer than 500 employees, a nurse is present if the occupational physician and the social and economic committe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 133-25-2, in the case of the levies referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) No 260/2012, the payer has an unconditional right to reimbursement wit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 B

…od that they determine, housing that is the subject of a rehabilitation lease pursuant to Article L252-1 of the Construction and Housing Code.The reporting obligations of persons and organisations fal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-27

Young apprentices under the age of sixteen are paid the same as apprentices aged between sixteen and seventeen.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2564-17

…e second paragraph of I, the reference to the year 2013 is replaced by the reference to the year 2015; 2° In the fifth paragraph of III, the date of 31 December 2012 is replaced by the date of 31 Dece…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 370

1. If a person who contravenes the provisions of articles 410, 411, 412, 414 and 414-2 of this Code commits, within five years of a settlement or conviction that has become final, a new offence fallin…

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