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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedural safeguards.

Article L1332-3

When the acts of which the employee is accused have made it essential to take a precautionary measure of immediate dismissal, no definitive sanction relating to these acts may be taken unless the proc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3

…ht to information about the costs they may incur in the course of preventive, diagnostic and health care activities and, where applicable, about the conditions for reimbursement and exemption from adv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-3

…suffer damage in the context of research involving the human person may assert their rights in application of the first two paragraphs of article L. 1121-10 with the regional commissions mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-3

Decisions to take action in order to: : 1° Prevent or reduce the risk of exposure in a radiological emergency; 2° Protect people from a risk resulting from radioactive contamination of the environment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-3

Where the participating insurance undertaking, reinsurance undertaking, insurance group company, mutual group association, social protection group company or mixed financial holding company referred t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative approval

Article L382-3

…write any new contracts, does not make use of its authorisation within one year of the date of publication in the Journal officiel of the authorisation decision or has ceased to carry on the activity…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-3

…al tourism committee common to two regions, where such a committee exists on the same date. In this case, the two Regional Councils jointly exercise the powers conferred on the Regional Council by thi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-3

…rehensible and apparent manner that the traveller : 1° Will not benefit from any of the rights applicable exclusively to tourist packages and that each service provider will only be responsible for th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Tourist facilities.

Article L342-3

…2016 on concession contracts, the term of these contracts is adjusted according to the nature and scale of the investments made by the developer or operator. When the residual term of a contract rela…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Tourist residences

Article L321-3

Marketing documents distributed to purchasers of accommodation located in tourist residences referred to in article L. 321-1 of this code must explicitly mention the existence of the right to the so-c…

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