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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-23

When a company offers members of a company savings scheme the opportunity to subscribe to bonds it has issued, the sale price is set in accordance with conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-19

If the shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the sale price is determined on the basis of stock market prices. The decision setting the subscription date is taken by the Board of Direc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Extraction networks

Article R1233-13

The health establishments mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 1233-1 which are not authorised to remove organs define, by means of an agreement with the establishments authorised to carry o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article R3261-14

A part-time employee, employed for a number of hours equal to or greater than half of the legal weekly working time or the weekly working time provided for in the collective bargaining agreement, if t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article R3261-15

An employee who works at several different workplaces within the same company and who does not provide transport between these different workplaces and between these workplaces and the employee's usua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Space heating

Article R4216-17

Buildings and premises are designed and constructed in such a way as to comply with the provisions of articles R. 4227-16 and R. 4227-18 to R. 4227-20 on the heating of premises, as well as those of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Space heating

Article R4216-20

The use of soft solder, whose filler metal melting temperature is less than 450°C, is prohibited for pipes carrying combustible liquids or gases.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Space heating

Article R4216-19

When heating is carried out by means of combustion furnaces, the pressure of the air circuit must always be higher than the pressure of the burnt gases. A safety device automatically switches off the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Space heating

Article R4216-18

Irrespective of the application, where applicable, of the rules specific to residential buildings, offices or buildings open to the public, fixed installations for heating and hot water supply must no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-4

The registration of the declaration of activity is cancelled by decision of the administrative authority when it is established, following an inspection carried out pursuant to 1° of Article L. 6361-2…

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