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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Work using site vehicles, equipment and machinery.

Article R4534-12

If a vehicle, piece of equipment or mobile worksite machinery is stationary on sloping ground without its driver, it must be immobilised by any appropriate means.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formal notice to reduce the interval between periodic inspections.

Article R4721-12

The labour inspector may give the employer formal notice to reduce the interval between checks on personal protective equipment or categories of personal protective equipment provided for in the order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-12

Applications for authorisation may only be examined if they are accompanied by a complete file. The application is deemed to be complete if, within one month of receipt, the Minister for Health has no…

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

Article R6113-11

Applications for registration of proposed qualifications under Article L. 6113-6 are examined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The extent to which the knowledge and skills targeted match the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article D626-12

If conciliation proceedings are opened, the debtor or the conciliator refers the request for debt remission to the commission mentioned in article D. 626-14, including by electronic means. This referr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Surrender of foreign nationals with long-term resident status - EU

Article R621-11

When the administrative authority is consulted under the conditions laid down in article R. 621-10, it will immediately examine the withdrawal of long-term resident - EU status in France and the withd…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-11

Employees are entitled to compensation for bad weather if they can prove that they have worked a minimum number of hours during a specified period in one of the companies defined in article L. 5424-6…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Assistance with drawing up a forward-looking jobs and skills management plan

Article D5121-11

The agreements mentioned in article D. 5121-10 are signed by the regional prefect or the departmental prefects when they concern companies in the region or department respectively.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-11

A budget controller shall exercise control over the bodies provided for in Article D. 5427-4 in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Decree no. 55-763 of 26 May 1955.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lien on claims arising from transactions

Article L513-11

Notwithstanding any legislative provisions to the contrary, and in particular those of Book VI of the French Commercial Code : 1. Sums arising from loans or similar claims, exposures, securities and d…

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