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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information media

Article L6111-8

Each year, for each apprentice training centre and each vocational high school, the following information is made public where the number of students concerned is sufficient: 1° The rate at which voca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-8

…contract determines the organisation of the group, subject to the provisions of this chapter. It shall be drawn up in writing and published in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-8

The accounting officers of public health establishments are public accounting officers of the State with the status of principal accounting officer.When the establishment's accounting officer notifies…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-8

The administrative authority may, after consulting the works council or, failing that, the staff representatives, enter into an agreement with a public or private company designed to facilitate the em…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-8

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Swimming pools and bathing areas.

Article L1332-8

The person responsible for a swimming pool or artificial bathing area is required to monitor the quality of the water and inform the public of the results of this monitoring, to undergo health checks,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Personal rehabilitation without compulsory liquidation ordered by the court hearing an appeal against the measures imposed

Article L741-8

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-8

The Trade Union Committee shall decide what actions to bring or support on behalf of the Section. The chairman of the union commission, by virtue of the latter's deliberation, represents the section i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-8

Any proprietary medicinal product or any other medicinal product manufactured industrially or by a method involving an industrial process, as well as any generator, kit or precursor which is not the s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Communications from the judicial authority

Article L582-8

The judicial authority shall communicate to the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, on request or of its own motion, any information obtained in…

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