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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Layout of installations and workstations

Article R4462-10

Pyrotechnic installations must be designed, constructed and installed in such a way that a pyrotechnic event does not give rise to any significant risk for workers other than those who, as a result of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants

Article R4332-10

…ildings; 2° 5%, in proportion to the total developed surface area of school buildings built before 1973; 3° 5%, in proportion to the surface area of mobile classrooms ; 4° At the rate of 5%, in propor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-3

…visions of the first paragraph of Article L. 123-22 of the Commercial Code, the accounts of a UCITS may be kept in any currency, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers may obtain from the depositary, on simple request, any information obtained by the depositary in the performance of its duties and necessary for the performance of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-9

…of skills in this project and qualifications or authorisations registered in the specific register; 9° Where applicable, the procedures for involving the national joint employment committees of the pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-9

The joint ownership agreement may regulate the method of administration in the event of more than one manager. In the absence of special stipulations, they shall separately hold the powers provided fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-9

Article L. 450-4 is amended as follows:1° In the first sentence of the first paragraph, the words: "the European Commission," are deleted; 2° In the first sentence of the eighth paragraph, the words:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Equipment characteristics and conditions of use

Article R4323-91

Personal protective equipment is appropriate to the risks to be prevented and to the conditions in which the work is carried out. It must not itself create additional risks. It must be possible to wea…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Paid practice of medicine.

Article R4127-99

Except in emergencies or in cases provided for by law, a doctor providing a preventive medicine service on behalf of a local authority is not entitled to provide curative care. He must refer the perso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loans to businesses

Article D752-9

Article D. 313-14-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by decree no. 2005-1743 of 30 December 2005.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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