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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Seriousness of the loss giving rise to a right to compensation from national solidarity.

Article D1142-3

…s not include a reference informs, in a reasoned opinion, the competent Commission for Conciliation and Compensation of Medical Accidents, Iatrogenic Affections and Nosocomial Infections of the refere…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-3

…il shall inform his employer in writing at least three days before his absence, specifying the date and duration of the planned absence as well as the duration of the credit of hours to which he is st…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-3

Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available Internet access and interpersonal electronic communications services shall communicate, as part of the price information, for a b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-3

…f the contested decision shall be attached to the summons.On pain of the appeal being declared null and void ex officio, the summons shall be delivered to the general rapporteur as well as, where appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-3

…owing are members of the Coordination Commission for Prevention, School Health, Occupational Health and Maternal and Child Protection in Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin:1° The Director G…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6325-33

The agreement concluded between the beneficiary of the professionalisation contract and his legal representatives in the case of minors, the employer in France, the employer abroad, the training body…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3381-3

For the application of the provisions of Book II in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories: 1° The second paragraph of Article L. 3200-1is deleted; 2° Article L. 3212-1 1° is worded as follows:…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3351-3

For the application of the provisions of Book II in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The second paragraph of Article L. 3200-1 is deleted; 2° 1° of Article L. 3212-1 is worded as follows: "1° A legal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-3

…contains the following information:1° The surname, business name, first names, date, place of birth and domicile of the sole trader;2° The name used to carry out the professional activity to which the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: The safety study

Article R4462-3

…employer shall draw up a safety study for each pyrotechnic activity mentioned in Article R. 4462-1 and for activities involving the loading and unloading of explosive substances or objects in order t…

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