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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Appointment of the mediator

Article R2523-4

The mediation procedure is initiated: 1° Either after a conciliation procedure has failed, by the Minister responsible for labour or by the chairman of the regional conciliation commission, at the req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of collective bargaining

Article D3123-4

Pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 3123-38, the live and recorded entertainment sector is included on the list of sectors in which the nature of the activity does not allow the working per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing and administrative control.

Article R3313-4

When the agreement has been entirely and exclusively drafted by means of a website managed by the body mentioned inarticle L. 225-1 of the Social Security Code following a procedure likely to guarante…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Single risk assessment document

Article R4121-4

The single occupational risk assessment document and its earlier versions are kept available for a period of 40 years from the date of their preparation: 1° Workers and former workers for the versions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment during school holidays

Article D4153-4

Minors may only be assigned to light work that is not likely to be harmful to their safety, health or development.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-4

Declarations of interests shall be kept for a period of ten years from the date of their submission or updating by the administration, authority, establishment or group to which they are submitted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health checks at borders

Article R3115-4

The tasks of border health checks include : 1° Checking the hygiene rules at the points of entry mentioned in article R. 3115-6 and the points of entry into the territory mentioned in articles R. 3115…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions

Article R751-4

Any member of the committee, even one without voting rights, shall complete a form relating to the offices and directorships held by him, those held in the three years prior to his appointment, and hi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article A123-43

Where several amending registrations are related and concern the same registration, they may be made on the same declaration, provided that they are made within the regulatory time limit of one month.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article A123-48

The declarations of the savings and provident institutions are made on documents that conform to the models used for the declarations of legal entities to the trade and companies register.

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