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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-10

…in the Community-scale group of undertakings shall initiate the negotiations referred to in Article L. 2342-1 on his own initiative or at the written request of at least one hundred employees or their…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2412-5

…tion of the inter-company social and economic committee during the periods provided for in articles L. 2411-10 and L. 2411-10-1. When the contract is concluded on the basis of 3° of article L. 1242-2,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-89

When article L. 2171-1, the second paragraph of article L. 4221-5 and articles L. 4231-4 and L. 4231-5 of the Defence Code are not applied, the salaried reservist is entitled to an annual leave of abs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for the authorisation and operation of health establishments, medical biology laboratories and other organisations

Article L2142-4

…cooperation groups and laboratories mentioned in the first, second and third paragraphs of Article L. 2142-1 in order to be authorised to carry out medically assisted procreation activities;3° (Repea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-2

…een healthcare professionals;3° Provided, in the case of a "maison de santé" referred to in article L. 6323-3, that its articles of association so provide:a) The practice, by healthcare professionals…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Offences relating to changes in share capital

Article L242-17

…ject of an offer to the public, with the exception of the offers referred to in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code. This article doe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-5

…lary received, up to a limit of three times the ceiling mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 241-3 of the Social Security Code. For the beneficiaries referred to in the second paragraph of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Employer's obligations.

Article L4121-2

The employer shall implement the measures provided for in Article L. 4121-1 on the basis of the following general principles of prevention: 1° Avoid risks ; 2° Assess the risks that cannot be avoided;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-12

…number of terminations of employment contracts and secondment contracts mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1251-1, excluding resignations, employment contracts and secondment contracts concluded with a st…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from the list of jobseekers.

Article L5412-1

…r, without a legitimate reason, twice refuses a reasonable offer of employment mentioned in article L. 5411-6-2 ; 3° Or, without legitimate cause a) Refuses to draw up or update the personalised emplo…

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