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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Working conditions.

Article L1251-21

…g to:1° working hours ;2° night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° work by women, children and young workers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Transmission of documents

Article R6332-32

The Board of Directors of France Compétences may, where necessary, call upon experts, in particular statutory auditors for the performance of the tasks mentioned in Article L. 6123-5, to carry out aud…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article R6325-20

When the services responsible for monitoring the performance of the contract or the monitoring agents referred to in Article L. 6361-5 find that the employer has failed to comply with the provisions o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Re-identification and verification of the identity of the customer and the beneficial owner

Article R561-11-1

In the event of the transfer of a life insurance or capitalisation contract to a third party, the persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2, when they take note of the transfer or, wh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-2

I. - The agreements provided for in article L. 132-28 are not required if the intermediary only uses advertising documents provided by the insurance company and the latter has undertaken in writing to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…lective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the document drawn up by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L785-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights attached to the deposit

Article L622-7

The articles L. 411-4, L. 411-5, L. 612-11, L. 613-8, L. 613-9, L. 613-19, L. 615-2, L. 615-3, L. 615-5, L. 615-5-1-1, L. 615-5-2, L. 615-7, L. 615-7-1, L. 615-8, L. 615-8-1, L. 615-10 and L. 615-17 s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-36

Diving boards are run-up and take-off areas for diving. They include: - springboards measuring 1 and 3 metres; - platforms measuring 1, 3, 5, 7, 50 and 10 metres. The overhead and underwater safety ga…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mission of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-5

In addition to their tasks directly linked to the provision of emergency medical aid, the emergency medical aid services participate in health education, prevention and research. They also participate…

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