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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to the public sector.

Article L1234-14

The provisions of articles L. 1234-1, L. 1234-8, L. 1234-9 and L. 1234-11 are applicable, provided that the persons concerned meet the conditions laid down by these articles:1° To the employees, other…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Draws of lots.

Article R150-14

…tatement may only be made in the form of a reproduction of the two lists provided for in article R. 150-9, each list being preceded by an indication of the tariff in question and the date of the print…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-14

…on and which forms part of the contract of objectives and resources provided for in article L. 4622-10. The project is submitted to the Board of Directors for approval.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article R611-14

…y empowered by the public person to which he reports. The provisions of articles R. 611-1 to R. 611-10 relating to the obligations of employees and employers are applicable to civil servants, public o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-14

…ation is made to open judicial liquidation proceedings pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 645-9, the report may be filed and brought to the debtor's attention on the day of the hearing.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Authorisation for cross-border movement of embryos

Article R2141-14

The authorisation to move embryos referred to in Article L. 2141-9 is issued by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine to a medical biology establishment, body or laboratory authorised t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-14

Each workstation or part of the work equipment is fitted with an operating device enabling either all the work equipment or only part of it to be stopped, depending on the existing risks, so that the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-14

Pôle emploi, the organisations mentioned in article L. 5314-1 and in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4, as well as the education authority rectors for the contracts mentioned in article L. 5134-125, may all…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Import and export of embryonic stem cells for research purposes.

Article R2151-14

…ryonic stem cells for research purposes:1° Holders of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2151-5 ; 2° Having made the declaration provided for in Article L. 2151-6, without the Director Gener…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-148

For a single tontine company, there must be a single association in the event of death. However, a second "counter-insurance" association, which must be separate from the first, may be set up for the…

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