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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article L1142-11

In companies which, for the third consecutive financial year, employ at least one thousand employees, the employer shall publish each year any gaps in representation between women and men among senior…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-15

Pharmacy students belonging to the health reserve provided for in article L. 3132-1, carrying out an activity as part of a commitment to serve in the operational reserve provided for in article L. 421…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3116-1

The provisions of Chapter II of Title I of Book III of Part One of this Code are applicable to the detection of breaches of Articles L. 3111-4 and L. 3114-1 to L. 3114-6 or the regulations made for th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Infringements of provisions relating to the location of cinemas

Article L434-1

Failure to carry out the measures taken by the State representative in the département as provided for in article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Content of the partnership contract

Article L2213-1

The partnership contract includes the compulsory main tasks mentioned in the first paragraph of L. 1112-1 and, where applicable, all or some of the additional tasks mentioned in 1° to 3° of the same a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-13

Employees of intermediary associations are entitled to continuing vocational training: 1° Either on the employer's initiative, as part of the association's training plan or work-linked training scheme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L784-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L783-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L785-13

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Personal interview

Article L531-16

The absence of a lawyer or a representative of an association does not prevent the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons from conducting an interview with the applicant.Wi…

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