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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union representation at company and establishment level

Article L2122-2

…representative with regard to the staff covered by the electoral colleges in which their statutory rules entitle them to put forward candidates.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Patients in health care institutions

Article L1112-5

…t, or develop activities within the establishment, in compliance with the establishment's operating rules and medical and paramedical activities and subject to the provisions of article L. 1110-11. As…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-9

…ecify the conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular the technical and guarantee rules applicable to the operations referred to in Article L. 143-1, the procedures for setting up an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-10-3

…reinsurance undertaking operating in the territory of the French Republic fails to comply with the rules imposed on it by virtue of this section, the guarantee fund shall inform the Autorité de contr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-6

…plicants and their equivalence with those required for each category. The composition and operating rules of the committee are defined by decision of the president of the establishment after consultat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Preliminary book: MIXED PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Article L2000-4

…thin the scope of contracts other than defence or security contracts governed by Books I or II, the rules laid down in Book III of this Part shall apply, regardless of the main subject of the contract…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Choice of the most economically advantageous tender

Article L2152-7

…recise criteria relating to the subject of the contract or its performance conditions. The detailed rules for the application of this paragraph shall be laid down by regulation. Tenders are assessed l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-5

…ration of the procedure and in the event of violent behaviour or serious failure to comply with the rules of the place of accommodation.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Access to rights

Article L561-16

…taken into account in the examination of asylum applications provided for in Title III.The detailed rules for the application of this article shall be laid down by decree.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for visiting a foreign national's home

Article L733-12

The order referred to in article L. 733-10 may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate, who shall be seised without formality and shall rule within forty-eight hours…

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