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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-4

In the case of research involving the human person mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1121-1 , the methodological requirements of which are not compatible with obtaining consent under the conditions provid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-2

For the purposes of Article L. 225-21 of the Commercial Code, the directorships of a société anonyme belonging to an insurance group controlled, within the meaning of Article L. 356-1, by a mutual ins…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the director of the establishment or training centre

Article R6341-34

…e case of other trainees, send the application to the regional department of the Agence de Services et de Paiement (Services and Payment Agency) within whose jurisdiction the training establishment or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-3

…of Nurses, under the supervision of the National Council, carries out the duties defined in article L. 4312-2 at departmental level. It represents the profession in the department and acts as a concil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-3

When a Labour Inspectorate inspector mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 observes a serious breach, committed by an employer established outside France who posts employees on national territory, of Article…

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

Article LO6353-3

…Executive Councillors are exercised within the framework of decisions taken by the Executive Council. Each Executive Councillor is responsible to the Executive Council for the management of the affai…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-4

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, in the event of the appointment to the position of chairman, chief executive officer or deputy chief executive officer of a per…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-3

…17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in this article are liable…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-4-1

…der shall specify the nature of the benefit provided by the consumer within the meaning of articles L. 217-1 and L. 224-25-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-3

Any user who, in breach of article L. 1251-5, concludes a secondment contract with the purpose or effect of permanently filling a job linked to the normal and permanent activity of the company, is lia…

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