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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-24

Trenches more than 1.30 metres deep and no more than two-thirds the width of the trench must be shored, braced or propped if their walls are vertical or substantially vertical. The walls of other tren…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-24

…re it.The Commission meets when convened by its secretariat, which sets the agenda.No later than 31 January of each year, the secretariat draws up the provisional two-year programme of the committees,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rates for services

Article R6145-24

The rates for services do not apply to days for which hospitalised patients have been granted permission to leave under article R. 1112-56.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-4

I. - Articles L. 1424-1 to L. 1424-13, L. 1424-17 to L. 1424-19, L. 1424-22, L. 1424-24 to L. 1424-44, L. 1424-46 et L. 1424-48 to L. 1424-50 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014, subject to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-4

At the end of an apprenticeship contract, a fixed-term employment contract may be concluded in the cases mentioned in articles L. 1242-2 and L. 1242-3 and, in addition, when the apprentice must fulfil…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Declaration of activity by videogram publishers

Article R221-4

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée must be informed of any changes to the information provided in support of the initial declaration within three months.If the holder of the declaratio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-44

In the case of a co-production, investment approval may be requested by each of the production companies not designated as delegated production companies by the co-production contract until the cinema…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Authorised buyers

Article L2211-4

Where several purchasers are simultaneously responsible for carrying out a project, they may designate by agreement which of them will carry out the prior assessment, conduct the award procedure and,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-40

If, in the course of executing the investigation decision, the investigating magistrate deems it appropriate to initiate investigative measures not initially planned or which could not be specified wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-48

…d after partial acceptance, the person who reimburses the sum for which the letter was not accepted may require that this reimbursement be mentioned on the letter and that he be given a receipt for it…

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