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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Work on roofs.

Article R4534-86

Scaffolding used to carry out work on roofs is fitted with guardrails consisting of elements that are joined together or spaced apart so that they cannot allow a human body to pass through. These guar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Work on roofs.

Article R4534-87

Where there are permanent protective devices, such as service hooks, railings or handrails, these may only be used after they have been examined to ensure that they are sound. These examinations are c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Work on roofs.

Article R4534-88

Workers working on roofs made of materials of insufficient strength, such as glass, cement-based agglomerate slabs, sheet metal, or dilapidated materials, work on scaffolding, work platforms, planks o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Work on roofs.

Article R4534-89

Where it is impossible to comply with the provisions of Article R. 4534-88, devices capable of effectively preventing the consequences of a fall must be installed below the roof. Where these devices c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-161

…meeting is composed of all the affiliated undertakings, each represented exclusively by one of its duly authorised managers, directors or members of the supervisory board or by a representative direc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-16

…practical experience in one or more establishments authorised to manufacture or import medicinal products or products in a Member State of the European Community or a party to the Agreement on the Eur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax intended to finance sickness, invalidity and maternity insurance benefits under the social protection scheme for non-salaried farmers

Article 1613 ter

…contribution are infant milks for the first and second ages, growing-up milks, enteral nutrition products for sick people and soya-based drinks with at least 2.9% protein from soya beans.I bis.-.The c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

…set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Loans granted in this way have a maturity of less than the residual life of the fund, and redemptions of units or shares and the use of leverage are subject to lim…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-16

A. - For municipalities collecting in 2008 the tax provided for by article L. 2333-6 or that provided for by article L. 2333-21, in their wording prior to 1st January 2009, this tax is replaced, from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AE

I.-1° The intermediary referred to in Article 1649 AD is any person who designs, markets or organises a cross-border device that must be declared, makes it available for the purposes of its implementa…

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