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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-8

…8°, 10° and 12° of Article L. 122-5; -in e of 3° and 7° and 8° of article L. 211-3; -4° bis, 5° and 6° of article L. 342-3.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L285-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

In application of Article 31 of the aforementioned Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, a decree in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the National Commission for Information Technology…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transferable debt securities.

Article L228-73

…cquired or divided has not approved, as the case may be, one of the proposals referred to in 3° and 6° of I of Article L. 228-65, the board of directors, the management board or the managers of the de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis D

Benefits resulting from discounts on sale prices, the distribution of free shares and payment deadlines, as provided for in amended articles 11, 12 and 13 of law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 relating t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Part Two: Community of Conventions.

Article 1497

…ion; 4° That one of the spouses will have a preciput; 5° That the spouses will have unequal shares; 6° That there will be a universal community between them. The rules of the legal community remain ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-23

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement extended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary allowance.

Article L3232-5

When, as a result of a reduction in working hours below the legal weekly working hours for reasons other than those listed in Article L. 3232-4, an employee has received a total sum in the course of a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-73

Surplus income may be distributed only after the reserves and provisions prescribed by the laws and regulations in force have been set aside, after the establishment expenses have been fully amortised…

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