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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

…loyers' professional organisations receiving financing from the Joint Fund draw up a written annual report detailing the use made of the appropriations received. They make this report public and send…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Participation conditions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article R3123-8

Where the conceding authority decides to authorise economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area to take part in the concession award procedure, a candidat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sworn private security guards

Article 29

Sworn private security guards report all offences and contraventions affecting the properties in their care by means of official reports.Official reports are delivered or sent by registered post direc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Regional support structures for healthcare quality and patient safety

Article R1413-78

…ity and patient safety draws up a provisional annual work programme. It draws up an annual activity report by 31st March of the following calendar year. It submits this report to the regional health a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-57

…ons or practitioners designated to carry out antiamaril vaccination shall submit an annual activity report to the Regional Health Agency, based on a standard report laid down by order of the Minister…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Educational and financial review

Article R6352-23

The declared training provider sends its educational and financial report to the regional prefect and, when this report is sent in accordance with the procedures defined in the second paragraph, to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

…st president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is attached to the Cour de cassat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L681-3

…es II to IV of this book and refers the case, with the debtor's agreement, to the over-indebtedness commission. Book VII of the Consumer Code and the sixth paragraph of Article L. 526-22 of this Code…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: ORGANISATION

Article L3631-5

The metropolitan council elects the members of the permanent commission. The permanent commission is composed of the president and one or more vice-presidents of the metropolitan council as well as, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of committees

Article R2522-17

…rse by the parties to the conciliation procedure, the most diligent party sends the chairman of the commission a request setting out the points of disagreement. When the Minister for Employment or the…

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