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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Infringements of the rules on occupational medicine

Article R4745-2

…ection and professional independence enjoyed by occupational health doctors, as set out in articles L. 4623-1 to L. 4623-8 and L. 1237-15 and the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair terms

Article R212-2

…umed to be unfair within the meaning of the provisions of the first and fifth paragraphs of article L. 212-1, unless the trader can prove otherwise, terms which have the object or effect of : 1° Provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-21

…allowance to the establishment, the judicial representative or the association mentioned in Article L. 3253-14: a) The connection identifiers ; b) The employees' first and last names; c) The registrat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-2

When the investigating judge is seised of qualified acts constituting one of the offences mentioned in I of Article 41-1-2, it may, at the request or with the agreement of the Public Prosecutor, issue…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…capital companies, venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code as it read prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Commissions

Article R2315-28

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2315-45, committee members may be chosen from company employees who are not members of the social and economic committee. Without prejudice…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26-1

…Those subscribed under article 21-13-2 by virtue of being the brother or sister of a French national.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article D6124-286

The holder of the authorisation for the surgical care activity referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 6123-202 has a medical team comprising: 1° At least one doctor specialising in paediatric surger…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

I.-Subject to the application of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-28

…it was first put into service, and make this inventory available to the agents mentioned in article L. 1333-29 and article L. 5412-1 ; 2° To define and implement an organisation designed to ensure tha…

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