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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-9

A Committee on Ethics and the Prevention of Conflicts of Interest rules on compliance with the ethical principles applicable to the agency, its staff and occasional collaborators.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-9

Claims on movables may only be made within three months of publication of the judgment initiating the proceedings.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-9

The provisions of this Title as well as those governing cooperative production companies and agricultural cooperatives are adapted, by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, to make them applicable to these co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article D762-13

The maximum value of goods that may be offered for sale on site, for the personal use of the purchaser, at a trade show as defined by article L. 762-2, is set at 80 euros inclusive of all taxes.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for granting compensation.

Article D5424-11

The minimum number of hours of work giving entitlement to compensation for bad weather provided for in Article L. 5424-11 is set at 200 hours during the two months preceding the work stoppage.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employment contract

Article D7112-1

The severance pay provided for in Article L. 7112-3 may not be less than one month's salary for each year or fraction of a year of seniority. The maximum number of monthly payments is set at fifteen.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-9

The Board of Directors or the Management Board may decide to pay a supplement to the special profit-sharing reserve in respect of the financial year ended, in compliance with the ceilings mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D4331-1

For application of f of article L. 4331-3, the difference between the sale value of a fixed asset and its net book value must be recorded in the investment section of the budget before the result of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint committees

Article D2261-11

If an organisation does not send an authorised representative to the joint committee convened in application of article L. 2261-20, a new invitation is sent to it within one month by registered letter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial contributions to the fire and rescue service budget from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the European Collectivity of Alsace

Article L1424-98

In compliance with the competitive tendering rules set out in the public procurement code, the Collectivité européenne d'Alsace may carry out, on behalf of and at the request of one of the public esta…

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