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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion to part-time or full-time work

Article L3123-3

…the same duration as that mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3123-7 or a full-time job and full-time employees who wish to take up or return to a part-time job in the same establishment o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil d'orientation des conditions de travail (Working Conditions Advisory Council)

Article L4641-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the organisation, tasks, composition and operation of the committees of the Conseil d'Orientation des Conditions de Travail.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-3

…the author or his successors in title commission a publisher to produce, at the publisher's expense and in number, copies of the work or to produce it or have it produced in digital form, in the form…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to legal action based on denial of justice.

Article 366-9

…onses to judgment delivered by bailiff to the court registry. The court clerk endorses the original and forwards it to the judge. The summons must be repeated after a period of eight days.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L521-3

When distributing an insurance contract, and prior to the conclusion of the contract, the insurance undertaking shall provide the prospective policyholder or member with information relating to its id…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2122-3

When any obstacle whatsoever, or remoteness, makes communications between the chief town and a fraction of a commune difficult, dangerous or temporarily impossible, a post of special deputy may be ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-3

Nurses and students at training institutes preparing them to practise the profession are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out in articles 226-13 a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

…court decision or settlement must provide a breakdown between compensation due for personal injury and compensation due for damage to property. 3° The insured's contribution is set at a lump sum per…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-37

…out in the following paragraph, public accountants, who are the consignees of extracts of judgments and rulings, shall collect, under the same conditions as fines, the 50% surcharge instituted for the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-39

The rates and proportions of the contributions referred to in article R. 421-38 are set by order of the Minister responsible for insurance, subject to the following maximum amounts: Contribution from…

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