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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trade union representation at branch level

Article L2122-6-1

For the staff mentioned inarticle L. 123-2 of the Social Security Code and, in Mayotte, inarticle 25-1 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, to sicknes…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-26-1

When the easement instituted in application of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 is likely to seriously compromise the agricultural or forestry use of the encumbered land, its owner(s) may, from the dat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-1

The obligations set out in this Book do not apply to insurance intermediaries on an ancillary basis where all of the following conditions are met: 1° The insurance contract complements the goods or se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4437-1

For the application to Mayotte of Part Four of this Code: 1° The reference to the region or overseas region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte; 2° The reference to the regional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-16

It is forbidden : 1° For any person to have children under the age of sixteen perform perilous feats of strength or dislocation exercises, or to entrust them with jobs that are dangerous to their life…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-1

…ior to carrying out an examination of a person's genetic characteristics, the prescribing doctor shall inform the person of the risks that silence would entail for the members of his or her family pot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Quarantine, placement and isolation measures

Article L3131-12

I.- Measures aimed at quarantining people likely to be affected may only apply to people who, having stayed in an area where the infection is circulating during the previous month, enter French territ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to statutory pension increases

Article A421-4-3

The income statement for this section shows in detail the income from the contribution provided for inArticle L. 421-6-1 of the French Insurance Code, the cost of reimbursing statutory annuity increas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-1

For the application to Mayotte of the first part of the present code: 1° The reference to the department or the region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte; 2° The reference to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Work placement periods.

Article L5135-1

The purpose of work experience periods is to enable a worker, whether or not unemployed, or a job seeker: 1° Discover a trade or sector of activity; 2° to confirm a career plan; or 3° Initiate a recru…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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