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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-2

The central company social and economic committee is informed and consulted on all major projects concerning the company in economic and financial matters, particularly in the cases defined in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2346-1

Obstructing either the setting up of a special negotiating body, a European works council or the implementation of an information and consultation procedure, or the free appointment of their members,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-7

The relocation of an existing outlet to the territory of a municipality is not considered to be the opening of a new outlet: 1° If it is carried out by the owner of the business or his successors in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-9

Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 of this Code and articles L. 145-2 and L. 145-2-1 of the Social Security Code, only practitioners of French nationality or nationals of one of the Member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Common provisions

Article L4312-10

Subject to the provisions of article L. 4124-6 and articles L. 145-5-2 and L. 145-5-3 of the Social Security Code, only nurses of French nationality or nationals of one of the Member States of the Eur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-2

Persons holding the diploma referred to in Article L. 4332-3 or the authorisation referred to in Article L. 4332-4 and whose diplomas, certificates, qualifications or authorisations have been register…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-7

Independent of any decisions that may be made pursuant to articles L. 724-3 and L. 724-4, where it appears, subsequent to his election, that a Commercial Court judge has incurred, before or after his…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-2

The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, after notifying the public prosecutor, ask the civil court to order, where appropriate subject to a fine, any measure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for exercising warning and withdrawal rights.

Article L4132-4

In the absence of agreement between the employer and the majority of the Social and Economic Committee on the measures to be taken and the conditions for their implementation, the matter is immediatel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation

Article L5842-14

I. - The articles L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-5 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - 1° For the application of Article L. 5212-2, the second sentence reads a…

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