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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work

Article R1225-13

The information and reasoned requests provided for in articles L. 1225-50 to L. 1225-52 shall be sent to the employer by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R631-13

The decision by which the court modifies the date of cessation of payments is notified to the debtor, communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and is advertised as provided for in art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ethics officers in health authorities and bodies

Article R1451-13

I.-The compliance officer shall ensure that the authority or body to which he is appointed takes the appropriate measures to ensure that the declarations of interest of the persons subject to the obli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-13

The judge sets the date, time and place of the hearing.The court clerk will immediately summon, by any means, in their capacity as parties to the proceedings:1° The applicant and his lawyer, if he has…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-13

In addition to the remuneration fixed by contract with the High Council, the Director General receives a lump-sum expense allowance set by order of the Minister of Justice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of external companies and their representatives.

Article R4523-13

The head of the user undertaking posts the list of the names of the representatives of the external undertakings on the extended health, safety and working conditions committee in the same place as th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Work using site vehicles, equipment and machinery.

Article R4534-13

It is forbidden to work under the body of a lorry or under a moving part of a construction machine without using an appropriate device to prevent an accident in the event of failure of the normal rest…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-13

The contractual pathway contract is concluded for a fixed term and may be renewed for a maximum of twenty-four consecutive months. Following a contractual support pathway towards employment and indepe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-13

Requests for subsidies submitted by collective rehabilitation, re-education or vocational training centres or by companies in charge of their centres receiving disabled workers under the conditions se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Installation and operation of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-13

An in-house pharmacy may be authorised to serve several establishments, services or organisations mentioned in article R. 5126-1, provided that the dispensing of the medicinal products, products or ar…

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