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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L7224-14

The President of the Executive Council may, by order deliberated within the Executive Council, take any measure:1° Tending to specify the terms of application of the deliberations of the Assembly of M…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Undeclared periods of activity

Article L5426-1-1

I.-Periods of employment lasting more than three days, consecutive or otherwise, during the same calendar month, which are not declared by the jobseeker to Pôle emploi by the end of that month, are no…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Information and consultation procedure instituted by agreement.

Article L2342-12

The employees' representatives within the framework of an information and consultation procedure and the experts who assist them are bound : 1° Professional secrecy for all matters relating to manufac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: European Works Council set up by agreement.

Article L2342-10

The members of the European Works Council set up by agreement and the experts who assist them are bound : 1° to professional secrecy for all matters relating to manufacturing processes ; 2° To an obli…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article L421-11

A foreign national who is employed in a highly qualified job for a period of one year or more, and who can provide proof of a diploma attesting to at least three years of higher education or at least…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11-1

In order to promote their recovery, rehabilitation or social reintegration or if external measures are necessary, persons undergoing psychiatric care in application of Chapters II and III of this Titl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions.

Article L3161-1

For the application of the provisions of this Title, the following are considered to be young workers: 1° Employees under the age of eighteen ; 2° Trainees under the age of eighteen who complete intro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Economats.

Article L3254-1

All employers are prohibited from 1° To annex to his establishment a commissary intended for the direct or indirect sale to employees and their families of foodstuffs or goods of any kind whatsoever ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-4-1

As stated in Article 511-5-1 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-5-1 -The taking of samples for scientific purposes from a deceased person without having submitted the protocol provided f…

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