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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to European Cooperative Societies not initially subject to the formation of the Special Negotiating Body

Article L2363-12

In the case of the European Cooperative Society referred to in Article L. 2363-11, the terms of involvement referred to in Chapter I of this Title are determined under the following conditions: 1° Wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee representatives on company boards of directors or supervisory boards.

Article L2421-5

The dismissal of an employee representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board of a public sector company, a public limited company or a partnership limited by shares, envisaged by the emp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Introduction of part-time working arrangements

Article L3123-17

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may provide for the implementation of part-time working hours at the employer's initiative. This agreement or conven…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compulsory transmission of individual data to the health authority.

Article L3113-1

I.-Doctors and managers of public and private medical biology departments and laboratories report:1° Cases of diseases requiring urgent local, national or international intervention to the regional he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-7

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 4112-5 reads as follows: "Registration on the roll of the Association makes it lawful to practise the profession in th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-14

In the case of undertakings authorised to carry out the transactions referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds, in the event of the sale of securities valued i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-8

Unless it publishes them pursuant to article L. 341-3, the undertaking shall make the annual accounts, the management report, the auditors' report on the annual accounts and, where applicable, the con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-33

The participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 356-2 shall review the written policies referred to in the third paragraph of articl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-3

With regard to aid for the pre-production and production of immersive works, the total amount of aid granted for the same work may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-3

For each request, the amount invested, the amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operato…

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