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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article D5132-18-1

…lting the departmental council for integration through economic activity, authorise an intermediary association to derogate from the duration mentioned in 2° of article R. 5132-18 for a maximum renewa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R6123-3-11

…article R. 6123-3-2, those of the Bureau or those of the commissions mentioned in article R. 6123-3-13.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-11

The decisions of the Board of Directors relating to 8°, 9°, 10°, 11°, 13° and 19° of I of article R. 6123-8 are automatically enforceable fifteen days after they are received by the ministers responsi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-20

All advertising relating to the use of ionising radiation in human or veterinary medicine is prohibited, except to doctors, veterinary surgeons and pharmacists. Marketing authorisation for proprietary…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Electronic catalogues

Article R2162-53

The purchaser shall indicate in the contract notice, in the invitation to confirm interest or in the invitation to tender whether it authorises or requires the submission of tenders in the form of an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-18

…cerning the market and the preferences of consumer groups with regard to ingredients and emissions, as well as summaries of studies with a view to launching new products. Each year, they declare to th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-6

Selective grants are awarded and their amount is determined on the basis of:1° The quality and originality of the graphic design;2° The match between the technical choices made for the animation and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-74

The provisions of article L. 226-4-1, relating to the proportion of members of the supervisory board of each sex, are applicable without threshold conditions to companies whose shares are admitted to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-6

Where no practice likely to harm competition on the market has been established, the Competition Authority may decide, after the referrer and the Government Commissioner have been given the opportunit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-6

Where the reference perimeter of a market of national interest includes a port, the authorisation system provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 761-5 does not apply to facilities located wi…

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