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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-9

The provisions of this Title as well as those governing cooperative production companies and agricultural cooperatives are adapted, by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, to make them applicable to these co…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-9

An employee benefiting from the rights provided for in Articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-8 may not engage in any other professional activity.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-10

Connecting systems used to connect personal protective equipment to a complementary external device, even when these connecting systems are not intended to be worn or held permanently by the user duri…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L175-10

In liability insurance, the conditions of application of the guarantee over time are determined by the insurance contract.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L172-10

If the sum insured is less than the actual value of the insured items, except in the case of agreed values, the insured remains his own insurer for the difference.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-10

In the event of a dispute, the industrial tribunal to which the matter is referred pursuant to Article L. 3142-25 shall have final jurisdiction.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions.

Article R1321-94

…on of a water which is the subject of a numerical description appearing both on packaging or labels and in advertising must not differ from that presented by the water to which the said description re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions.

Article R1321-95

The materials used for packaging must satisfy the conditions laid down in article R. 1322-36.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-9

Professional firefighters, both officers and non-officers, are recruited and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, within the framework of the legislative and regulatory…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary allowance.

Article L3423-9

…in 1° of Article L. 3423-8, an employee has received, over the course of a month, by way of salary and statutory or contractual allowances for partial deprivation of employment, a total sum lower tha…

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