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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Risks of exposure to asbestos: surveys prior to building work

Article L4412-2

In order to strengthen the supervisory role assigned to Labour Inspectorate control officers, the client, project manager or owner of buildings by nature or by destination, equipment, materials or art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6251-21

Decisions to waive the obligation to deposit with the State the funds of the local authority or its public establishments, referred to in Chapter VIII of the single title of Book VI of Part One, fall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6253-2

The members of the Executive Council exercise the powers devolved to the vice-presidents and members of the standing committees of the departmental council and the regional council by the laws and reg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6351-21

Decisions to waive the obligation to deposit with the State the funds of the local authority or its public establishments, mentioned in Chapter VIII of the single title of Book VI of Part One, fall wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Powers of the Executive Council

Article LO6353-2

The members of the Executive Council exercise the powers devolved to the vice-presidents and members of the standing committees of the Departmental Council and Regional Council by the laws and regulat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-2

As stated in Article 226-26 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of diverting information gathered on a person by means of an examination of their genetic characteristics from their…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Public contract for private project management

Article L2432-2

In the event of a change to the programme or services decided by the project owner, the public works contract is subject to a contractual amendment in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IV of T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases

Article L242-20

It is a criminal offence for the chairman, directors or statutory auditors of a société anonyme to give or confirm inaccurate information in the reports presented to the general meeting called to deci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2521-2

In the communes of the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, the mayors remain responsible, under the supervision of the representative of the State in the department and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article L1251-2

A temporary work contractor is any natural or legal person whose sole activity is to make employees available on a temporary basis to user companies, whom it recruits and remunerates on the basis of a…

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