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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-5

The Caisse de Congés payés des professions de la production cinématographique et audiovisuelle et des spectacles, the institutions of the supplementary pension schemes of these professions and the soc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local savings companies.

Article R512-54

Each Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance is responsible for organising the elections, drawing up the electoral lists, receiving candidacies and ensuring that the electoral process runs smoothly. It carr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and implementation arrangements

Article D1271-5

The third parties mentioned in Article L. 1273-6 or the bodies representing them may enter into an agreement with the Agence Centrale des Organismes de Sécurité Sociale and the Minister responsible fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes concerning redundancies for economic reasons

Article R1456-5

When, during the session provided for in article R. 1456-2, a section of the industrial tribunal is seised by several claimants of proceedings contesting the economic reason for a collective redundanc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: French Development Agency

Article R515-5

The Agence française de développement, hereinafter referred to as "the Agency", carries out a permanent public interest mission within the meaning of Article L. 511-104. It may carry out banking opera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Government auditors and financial activities audit mission

Article D615-5

In accordance with article D. 615-3, the Government Commissioners may make recommendations to the body to which they are appointed and may ask it to carry out any inspections or controls it deems nece…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2213-5

If, at the end of the consultation carried out by the multidisciplinary team, it appears to two doctors that the continuation of the pregnancy poses a serious threat to the woman's health, they shall…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession by the company.

Article R822-56

In addition to the information provided for in article R. 123-237, in all correspondence and documents issued by the company, the name of the company must be accompanied by the name of the audit firm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of the occupational health and prevention service

Article R4625-5

The sector reserved for temporary workers is not required to set up at least one fixed medical centre. Where no fixed medical centre is created, this sector is attached to the centre of another sector…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Final provisions.

Article R5211-53

An order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, specifies the conditions for applying th…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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