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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-8

…he administrative or supervisory body has been determined under the conditions provided for in Article L. 2373-7, the committee of the company resulting from the cross-border operation shall ensure th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: General health and safety coordination plan.

Article L4532-8

When several companies are called upon to work on a site which is either subject to the prior declaration provided for in article L. 4532-1, or requires the execution of one or more of the works inclu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-8

In response to emergency situations or a serious shortage of local supply, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise the medical biology laboratory to continue certain activitie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-8

Article L. 145-2 is amended as follows: I.-In 4°, the words: "to the State, départements, communes, public establishments" are replaced by the words: "to the State, local authorities and public establ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-8

I.- No later than fifteen days after the Ordinary General Meeting, any joint stock company shall inform its shareholders of the total number of voting rights existing at that date. However, companies…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-8

The author alone has the right to compile his articles and speeches into a collection and to publish them or to authorise their publication in that form. For all works published in a press title withi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article L531-8

The collection by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons of information necessary for the examination of an asylum application must not have the effect of revealing to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-83

A drawee who has paid a cheque despite the absence, insufficiency or unavailability of funds shall, except in the case provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 131-81, be subrogated to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Public contracts awarded by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking

Article L2511-8

The following are undertakings linked to a contracting entity: 1° Undertakings whose annual accounts are consolidated with those of the contracting entity; 2° Undertakings which are likely to be, dire…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Concession contracts awarded by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking

Article L3211-8

The following are undertakings linked to a contracting entity within the meaning of this Part: 1° Undertakings whose annual accounts are consolidated with those of the contracting entity; 2° Undertaki…

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