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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-20

The association carries out an annual assessment of the actions it takes to promote the integration of disabled people into the workforce in an ordinary environment. It publishes an annual activity re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-7

The parents may apply to the family court judge for approval of the agreement by which they organise the arrangements for exercising parental authority and set the contribution to the child's maintena…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

…cial police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling within the provisions of article 22…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-96

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-97

The decision authorising use of the device referred to in Article 706-96 includes all the information needed to identify the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-20

…egal or contractual guarantee exception, it is obliged to comply with the provisions of articles L. 211-9 to L. 211-17 on behalf of whom it may concern; the settlement reached may be contested before…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Personal protective equipment

Article R4461-21

The employer shall provide personal protective equipment specific to the nature of the work, including breathing apparatus, emergency breathing apparatus and accessories appropriate to the interventio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23

…the single personnel register for each employee, as mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 1221-13, are as follows: 1° Nationality; 2° Date of birth; 3° Sex; 4° Job; 5° Qualifications; 6° Date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23

…ence of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, articles L. 2232-21, L. 2232-22 and L. 2232-22-1 apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-23

The provisions of article A. 811-24 are applicable to judicial representatives.

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