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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Implementation.

Article L2331-1

I -A group works council is set up within the group formed by a dominant undertaking, whose registered office is located on French territory, and the undertakings which it controls under the condition…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-29

The undertakings referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 or the undertakings designated in accordance with 5° of Article L. 356-15 shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-56

The disciplinary chamber, provided for in Article L. 422-10 for dealing with breaches of their obligations by industrial property attorneys, is composed of seven members: 1° A magistrate of the judici…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-29

When a product is rapidly alterable, when its value, its nature, the too small quantity of product or the low prevalence and distribution of the danger justifies it, sampling is carried out in a sampl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-8

Any company may apply a profit-sharing scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4. Companies wishing to apply the approved bra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Teaching and hospital staff.

Article L6151-3

The hospital duties performed by university professors-hospital practitioners cease at the end of the academic year during which they reach the age limit set for hospital practitioners.However, univer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L754-14

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-14

The Board of Directors deliberates under the conditions laid down in article R. 2135-15, in particular with a view to: 1° Adopting the internal regulations of the joint management association or any s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Reporting serious adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-68

Any healthcare professional, regardless of where or how they practice, or any legal representative of a healthcare establishment, medico-social service establishment or independent cosmetic surgery fa…

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