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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Annual report of the joint fund

Article R2135-22

The annual report referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2135-16 shall indicate the use of funds by each of the beneficiary organisations referred to in Article L. 2135-12, for each of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R23-112-10

The Minister responsible for labour shall set the timetable for the appointment of the members of the cross-industry regional joint committees and for their establishment by order. The order also sets…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-2

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall refuse authorisation for compassionate access if the conditions laid down in I, II and V of Articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Negotiating committee

Article D7343-99

…relations sociales des plateformes d'emploi, under the conditions laid down in the regulations applicable to civil servants of the French State.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-44

…ed for in articles L. 225-45, L. 225-46, L. 225-47 and L. 225-53 of this code. They may also be allocated the warrants mentioned in II of article 163 bis G du code général des impôts. Any statutory cl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

…departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 1424-1 is automatically substituted for the departmental fire and rescue service referred to in Article 56 of Law No.…

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

Article R356-31

In the case referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution exercises general supervision over transactions between insurance or reinsuranc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R541-1

Sont applicables en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article R. 541-2, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-29

Where the application by the accused provided for in article 495-15 seeking the application of the procedure for appearing on appeal on a preliminary admission of guilt shall be sent to the Public Pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN THE OVERSEAS OF THE PROVISIONS OF BOOK VI RELATING TO BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Article L781-2

For the application of this Title in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° A financial institution is defined in accordance with Article L. 72…

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