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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-12

…o R. 7232-9; 2° Does not comply with the legal provisions relating to health and safety at work; 3° Carries out activities other than those declared in the application for approval; 4° Does not submit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article D144-12

I. - Information held by the Banque de France on company directors and sole traders may be communicated to the entities mentioned in article L. 144-1. II. - When it relates to decisions taken in the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-12

When an additional seat is allocated to a participating company in application of article L. 2352-4, this seat is allocated: 1 If there is a social and economic committee, to the trade union organisat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-1

…st been referred by the director of the establishment when hospitalisation has been ordered in application of chapter II of the present title or by the State representative in the department when hosp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compliance with company admission conditions

Article 122-9

…bis extract dated less than three months; 2° A copy of the articles of association and, where applicable, any agreement between partners or shareholders; 3° A copy of the declaration, known as the "t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-12

…tions de l'article L. 235-1 du code de la sécurité intérieure, les résultats des analyses d'identification par empreintes génétiques mentionnées aux I et II de l'article R. 53-10 transmitted by intern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-127

…out in particular:1° Requirements relating to the organisation of radiation protection and the allocation of responsibilities ;2° Training, information and, where appropriate, qualification requireme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-12

…of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Act no. 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or more medically assisted procreation activities, and who are in practice on the date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-12

…alue in relation to the total duration of the contract. This extension has no effect on the classification of the fixed-term contract.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to obligations

Article L245-12

…or the chairman, directors, managing directors or managers of companies holding at least 10% of the capital of the debtor companies, to take part in the general meeting of bondholders in respect of th…

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