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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-17

…4° Geographical coordinates of the bathing water; 5° Whether the bathing water is equipped or not; 6° Type of water: freshwater, saltwater; 7° Length and foreseeable dates of the bathing season.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-37

…ial court clerk; 5° Real estate to be used for the establishment of the office's registered office; 6° All cash sums.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-82

The procedures for applying the provisions of article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code and articles 713-42 to 713-44 of this Code, relating to the sentence of house arrest under electronic surveillance are t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-50-1

For the purposes of XII of Article L. 612-40 and subject to the second paragraph below, the Enforcement Committee's decisions are published for at least five years in the AMF's official register, whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Nature of activities

Article R2312-35

…nating and promoting social projects decided by the social and economic committee and the employer; 6° The occupational health service set up in the company.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-20

When the legal situation of a company which has set up a company savings plan changes, in particular by merger, sale, takeover or demerger, the signatories of the agreement or, where the plan has not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission and appeals against its decisions

Article R814-2-1

An appeal may be lodged with the Paris Court of Appeal, within one month of notification of the decision of the commission ruling on disciplinary matters or on the basis of the first paragraph of Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-7

…r marking and the handing in of documents whose regularity appeared doubtful to the polling station;6° Article R. 66-1 relating to the counting of votes in polling stations equipped with a voting mach…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-7

…rs, their marking and the handing in of documents whose regularity appeared doubtful to the bureau; 6° Article R. 66-1 relating to the counting of votes in polling stations equipped with a voting mach…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-145

…thods and technical means used; 5° The workstation instructions provided for in Article R. 4412-39; 6° The characteristics of the equipment used for the protection and decontamination of workers as we…

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