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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Annual report.

Article D4626-7

The annual report is presented at the same time as the report mentioned in article D. 4626-32 and the social report to the establishment's technical committee, the establishment's medical committee an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Due diligence

Article D8254-3

When the contract is concluded with a service provider established abroad who posts employees to France for the performance of this contract, under the conditions defined in Article L. 1262-1, it shal…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-4

The technical device referred to in Article D. 589-4 enables the handwritten signature of any person to be obtained, including any person taking part in the proceedings within the meaning of Article 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article D312-8

Any natural or legal person mentioned in I of article L. 312-1 who has opened a deposit account with an institution designated in accordance with the procedure defined in III of the same article may b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3323-18

…n set up after employees likely to benefit from it have left the company, or when the calculation and distribution of the special profit-sharing reserve takes place after such a departure, the sheet a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Free information, screening and diagnostic centres

Article D3121-24

The Regional Health Agency is responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, monitoring and analysis of the activities of accredited centres. The agency may entrust the operational implementati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-9

The grant application is submitted by the mayor, the president of the competent inter-communal public cooperation establishment, the president or director of any public law legal entity exercising com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Interministerial mission.

Article D3411-15

To carry out his duties, the Mission Chairman has a Standing Committee, which he chairs and which includes one or more representatives of each of the ministers mentioned in Article D. 3411-12. Other m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice of the profession by students.

Article D4151-17

Student midwives who interrupt their studies may practise the profession of midwife as a replacement if they satisfy the conditions defined in article D. 4151-15. The replacement authorisation is issu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group, company or establishment occupational health and prevention services.

Article D4622-8

Specific procedures for managing the occupational health and prevention service may be established by group or company agreement or, failing that, by agreement between the employer and the social and…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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