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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: The Corsican Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council

Article L4422-37

At the initiative of the President of the Executive Council, the President of the Assembly of Corsica or the Assembly of Corsica, the Economic, Social, Environmental and Cultural Council of Corsica ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers of the Regional Economic and Social Council and the Council for Culture, Education and the Environment

Article L4433-5

The regional economic, social and environmental council is obligatorily consulted in advance by the regional council on the preparation of the region's economic, social and cultural development plan,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions in the event of serious and imminent danger and the right of withdrawal.

Article L4526-1

In the event of serious and imminent danger, the employer shall, as soon as he is aware of it, inform the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in article L. 8112-1, the prevention depart…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Article L5132-8

The production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition and use of plants, substances or preparations classified as poisonous are subject to conditions defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2-1

For the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, the list of which is set by order of the Minister responsible for health after receiving the opinion of the National Agency for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-19

When the conditions for the formation of the European holding company have been met, each company registered in France that participates in the transaction has a notice stating this inserted in a medi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: BODIES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7124-14

Any draft or proposed deliberation of the Assembly of French Guyana that has consequences for the environment or the living environment or concerns the identity of the Amerindian and Bushinenge popula…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-6

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finances sends the offender an extract from the enforcement order concerning him/her in the form of a notice inviting him/her to pay the amo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-40-4

Where information relating to a geolocation operation has been placed in a separate file pursuant to Article 230-40, and except where it has been placed in the procedural file pursuant to Article 230-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification of dismissal

Article R1232-13

Within fifteen days of notification of dismissal, the employee may, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt, ask the employer for clarification of the reasons…

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