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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Public companies and public industrial and commercial establishments.

Article L2522-12

In the absence of special procedures instituted in accordance with Article L. 2522-9, collective labour disputes in public undertakings and public industrial and commercial establishments with statuto…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-30

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-23, the working hours of a part-time employee may not include more than one interruption of activity or an interruption of more than t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-123

In the event of termination of the employment contract, the employee will receive compensation for the paid leave entitlement carried over. These provisions do not apply when the employer is required…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Weekly and Sunday rest.

Article L3164-5

The ban on working on Sundays provided for in article L. 3132-3 does not apply to apprentices under the age of eighteen employed in sectors where this is justified by the particular characteristics of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-6

Obstructing the work of the agents mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 3115-1 or the technical inspections carried out by an approved body mentioned in the fourth paragraph of the same art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-4

Before the person concerned arrives in the host local authority, the State representative in Saint-Barthélemy will send the transfer order and the medical and administrative documents mentioned in art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-1

Judicial police officers and law enforcement officers are responsible for investigating and recording, each in the territory in which they carry out their duties, the offences provided for in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3513-11

Manufacturers and importers of nicotine-containing vaping products declare annually for the past year to the public establishment mentioned in article L. 3513-10 data on their sales by brand and type,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-39

The shareholders who decide on the merger may make its completion subject to their approval of the arrangements for employee participation, within the meaning of Article L. 2371-1 of the Labour Code,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-12

I.-The composition of the affected assets may be relied on ipso jure against creditors whose rights arose after the declaration referred to in article L. 526-7. By derogation from articles 2284 and 22…

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