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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-16

…n Article R. 4121-1. The results of the assessment and measurements provided for in article R. 4451-15 are kept in a form which allows them to be consulted for a period of at least ten years.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-163

…sheet, income statement and notes to the accounts for the past financial year. The General Meeting may also be convened at any time by the Board of Directors. II.-1° Notice of the General Meeting mus…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1421

…nister the joint property alone and to dispose of it, subject to liability for any faults he or she may have committed in his or her management. Acts performed without fraud by one spouse are enforcea…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1476

…f the community, in all that concerns its forms, the maintenance of indivision and preferential allocation, the licitation of property, the effects of the partition, the guarantee and the balances, is…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of the sports agent's licence

Article R222-14

…ts agent commission has been set up pursuant to article R. 222-1. Persons who are not in any of the cases of incapacity provided for in articles L. 222-9 (3°) and L. 222-11 may register for the examin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2191-14

For each tranche awarded, where the amount of the advance payment is less than 80% of the amount of the tranche inclusive of all taxes, its reimbursement must be completed when the amount of the servi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on the presence of substances or products causing allergies or intolerances

Article R412-14

…412-12 itself; 2° Or the means by which this information is made available to the consumer. In this case, the consumer is given direct and free access to the information, which is available in written…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-14

…cerned.This report, which is published, includes a section relating to the general conclusions that can be drawn from the laboratory's work in areas of particular interest to consumer health and safet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Protection of representatives

Article L7343-14

…mes d'emploi under conditions laid down by decree. In the event of serious misconduct, the platform may temporarily suspend its commercial relations with the person concerned until the decision of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-14

Air from a room with specific pollution can only be recycled if it is effectively purified. After recycling, it may only be sent to other rooms if the pollution of all the rooms concerned is of the sa…

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