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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article R1612-8

…ls runs from receipt at the registry of all the documents required to be produced, depending on the case, by Articles R. 1612-16, R. 1612-19, R. 1612-23, R. 1612-24 and R. 1612-27. These provisions ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Repeal

Article D2261-13

…t the texts in question no longer meet the situation of the branch or branches in the field of application in question; 2° Repeal the extension order for an agreement or agreement, for all or part of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-1-2

…3 of Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare; 3° Severe allergies requiring injectable trea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-70

The surviving spouse's option to acquire or allocate the predeceased's own property or to take joint property (number 24 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a proportional fee, according to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fire safety instructions

Article R4227-37

…ioned in article R. 4227-24 ; 2° In each room or in each corridor serving a group of rooms in other cases. In other establishments, instructions are drawn up to ensure the evacuation of people present…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Periodic inspection

Article R4451-46

I.-The employer shall periodically ensure that the level of external exposure in the workplaces adjoining the areas defined under Article R. 4451-24 remains below the levels set in Article R. 4451-22.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

…for the High Representative of the State and the National Council, from the day of receipt of notification of the minutes of the election. The time limits are counted in accordance with the provisions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal resuscitation

Article R6123-43

The obstetrics unit carries out childbirth and abdomino-pelvic surgery related to pregnancy, childbirth and delivery, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It is also involved in screening for risk f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-6

…and, where negotiation of the agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 is underway, where applicable to the representative trade union organisations in the company.The employer responds to these…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article L351-4

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is r…

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