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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Orientation and placement

Article R5213-3

Pre-orientation centres are interdepartmental or regional in scope and may be attached to functional rehabilitation or vocational re-education establishments. In this case, they are managed independen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of performance times

Article R7422-3

The composition of the departmental committee may vary according to the nature of the work for which it is consulted and, for the same branch of activity, according to whether it is called upon to iss…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-33-1

When, at the end of an assignment, the user company offers the employee a permanent contract for the same or a similar job, without changing the place of work, it will notify the employee of this offe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical file and medical fitness form.

Article R4626-35

At the end of each of the medical examinations provided for in sub-section 2 of section 4, with the exception of the pre-resumption examination referred to in article R. 4626-29-1, the occupational he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-36

Complaints against the results of the elections shall be lodged with the competent judicial court within five days of their proclamation. They shall be lodged by application made, delivered or address…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-1

The opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, as well as any enforcement proceedings and any equivalent legal proceedings opened against a payment institution on the ba…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Provisions relating to the carrying on of certain co-insurance operations by insurance undertakings

Article R321-33

To enable insurance undertakings that are party to a co-insurance transaction to benefit from the exemption provided for in article L. 321-12, the transaction must meet the following criteria: 1° The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting and financial rules

Article R514-34

I. - The assets of each municipal credit union comprise :1° The movable and immovable property owned by it ;2° Profits and bonuses acquired under the conditions set out in article L. 514-4, with the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-38

Residential premises and their outbuildings, including garages, may not be used for activities, appliances or engines that emit combustion gases when in operation, unless they are designed to protect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-39

Odours, lighting, illumination or noise, whether caused by a person or through the intermediary of a person or thing in their care or an animal under their responsibility, must not, by their intensity…

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