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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial guarantee.

Article L7123-21

If the financial guarantee is insufficient, the user is substituted for the modelling agency for the payment of sums still owed to the employees and to the social security bodies to which these employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-4

To determine whether to issue a warning or a fine and, if so, to set the amount of the fine, the administrative authority will take into account the circumstances and seriousness of the breach, the be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other prior declarations

Article R1221-33

The prior declaration must specify: 1° Which of the cases provided for in article L. 1221-17 it covers; 2° The name and address of the declarant; 3° The location of the establishment; 4° The exact nat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-6

The trade union representative may be struck off the list by the regional prefect, under the conditions set out in article L. 1453-8. They are automatically struck off the list by the regional prefect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1161-9

The learning programme is made up of elements intended for the patient, the healthcare professional, the doctor or pharmacist in charge of the programme, the treating doctor and the prescribing doctor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Tissue retrieval from living donors

Article R1241-3-3

In the case of living donor retrieval as provided for in Article R. 1241-3-2, the conditions for expressing consent, obtaining a retrieval authorisation and informing the Agence de la biomédecine, as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-12

In the event of a dispute, the liquidator may nevertheless settle the order and issue payment vouchers for claims prior to those that are disputed. He may even settle the order for later claims, reser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-61

The President chairs the General Meetings, the Executive Committee and the Bureau. If he is unable to act, he is replaced by one of the vice-presidents chosen in the order of their appointment.He repr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The Director

Article R1431-15

The director of a public establishment for cultural or environmental cooperation of an industrial and commercial nature may only be dismissed for serious misconduct. In this case, dismissal is decided…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article R2213-1

The powers vested in the prefect on trunk roads do not preclude the immediate implementation of police measures that the mayor deems necessary to take in the event of an emergency resulting in particu…

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