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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Premises

Article L2315-20

The employer shall provide the members of the social and economic committee staff delegation with the necessary premises to enable them to carry out their duties and, in particular, to meet.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-20

Subject to this subsection, the City of Paris is subject to Book III of Parts Two and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-20

Declarations and filings to the special register mentioned in Articles R. 526-15 and R. 526-16 are made electronically, through the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 and under the conditions p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Tourism

Article R4424-20

…t communes, by order of the President of the Corsican Executive Council, for a period of five years and after consultation with the Sites Council and the departmental commission responsible for the en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-20

The team has an admissions officer as required.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended employment contracts

Article L1254-20

The employment contract will be drawn up in writing and will state: "permanent freelance administration contract".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Authorities whose purpose is to combat excessive prices for essential foodstuffs

Article L2221-20

…shment, the representative of the State in the department may withdraw the authorisation to operate and the régie shall, in this case, be wound up in accordance with the rules and within the time limi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Council of auction houses

Article L321-20

…e shall inform the Chambre nationale des commissaires de justice, the Conseil supérieur du notariat and the Conseil national des courtiers de marchandises assermentés of the facts committed which have…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group membership

Article R623-20

…p of the group is equivalent to the power to carry out on the consumer's behalf all procedural acts and steps with a view to obtaining compensation for the individual loss suffered by the consumer and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties.

Article R4235-20

Pharmacists must ensure that they maintain trusting relations with the administrative authorities. They must give the members of the competent inspection bodies every opportunity to carry out their du…

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