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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

…article R. 142-11 of the Code de l'entrée et d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-46

The right to object provided for in article 38 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms does not apply to the processing referred to in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control of work permits

Article R5221-46

The work permit must be presented without delay at any request from the authorities mentioned in article L. 8271-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-43

…owers and within the strict limits of the information they need to know in the performance of their duties: a) Members of the public employment service; b) Partners, bodies or establishments linked to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration on the jobseekers' list

Article R5221-48

…article L. 411-1 du code de l'entrée et du séjo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Status and missions of Pôle emploi

Article R5312-4

When Pôle emploi takes decisions or enters into agreements on behalf of the State, it also decides, on behalf of the State, in the event of administrative appeals against these decisions or agreements…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of communication

Article R5312-47

…pt for a period of three years from the date of receipt and until all appeals against recovery of undue payments, administrative sanctions or criminal convictions resulting from checks carried out on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control of work permits

Article R5221-41

…fect of the département in which the employing establishment has its registered office or the individual employer resides. The procedures for implementing this article, in particular the information t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-42

The categories of personal data processed in the information system are: 1° Concerning jobseekers and employees: a) Identification data : registration number in the national register for the identific…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-4

…he weekly working time of the person concerned, fixed by his contract of employment or undertaking, during the period of employment and the legal working time or the contractual working time where thi…

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