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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-16

Pursuant to Article L. 3122-5, an agreement or an extended collective labour agreement may set the minimum number of hours to qualify as a night worker over a reference period.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-16

Control of the application by employers of the provisions of this section is entrusted to the Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 and to the control officers of the pai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-16

This section only applies if the body providing the training has been approved by the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities under the conditions set out in article L. 1221-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-16

This section only applies if the body providing the training has been approved by the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities under the conditions set out in article L. 1221-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations applicable to instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L314-16

I. - Where the payment transaction is executed using an instrument referred to in Article L. 133-28, the payment service provider may provide the payer, on paper or on another durable medium, only wit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-16

The spouse of a foreign national holding a resident card, who has been authorised to reside in France for family reunification purposes under the conditions laid down in Chapter IV of Title III and wh…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Additional penalties and liability of legal persons

Article L823-16

Corporate entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 823-11 or in Articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-16

The card issued in application of 2° of article L. 424-11 may not be withdrawn by the administrative authority when the community of life has been broken off due to family or marital violence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-16

The provisions of this section only apply if the body providing the training has been approved by the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities under the conditions set out in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-16

The following shall be determined by decree 1° The conditions and procedures for applying article L. 6142-12 ; 2° The composition, operating rules and issues on which the University Hospital High Comm…

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