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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Monitoring working hours

Article D212-17

…ered by Article L. 620-2 of the Labour Code, with the exception of establishments covered by Decree No. 83-1111 of 19 December 1983. The provisions of this section apply, with the exception of article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…ce" are replaced by the words: "in the territories to which they give access"; 4° In article L. 414-10, the words: "metropolitan territory" are replaced by the words: "territory of the local authority…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-24

The procedure for extending a branch agreement or a professional or cross-industry agreement is initiated at the request of one of the representative employers' or employees' organisations mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-64

The holder of the shared medical record whose health data referred to in article R. 1111-55 has been communicated to a health professional located on the territory of another Member State of the Europ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

…tems mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, classified in Level 1 as provided for in Article R. 351-23, in the event of non-hed…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Calculation for foreign operations

Article 211-31

Sums are calculated on the basis of the exploitation abroad of the works mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-20

The national regulations governing funeral undertakers are established by decree in the Council of State after receiving the opinion of the National Council for Funeral Operations. They define the pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants.

Article D1874-1

…1617-1 to R. 1617-18, the articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-21, R. 1617-22, as it read prior to Decree no. 2018-967 of 8 November 2018, and D. 1617-23 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subj…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

…as well as the right to limit processing, provided for in Articles 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) No. 2016/679 may be exercised with the public interest group mentioned in the first paragraph of Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22

…fited from the provisions of the second paragraph of this article in its wording resulting from Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 Dec…

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