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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1251-11

…ment of an employee recruited under a permanent contract; 4° Seasonal jobs defined in 3° of article L. 1242-2 or for which, in certain sectors of activity defined by decree or by agreement or extended…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-10

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 1237-5-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1237-5-1-As from the date of publication of Order No. 2017-1491 of 25 October 2017, no collective agreement or arrangemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union representation at group level

Article L2122-4

…the level of all or part of the group is assessed in accordance with the rules defined in articles L. 2122-1 to L. 2122-3 relating to trade union representativeness at company level, by adding togeth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-29

…d by these documents, the professionals, services, establishments and bodies referred to in article L. 1111-25 may create a document containing personal health data from one or more existing digital d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment and individual compensation for damages

Article L1143-13

…rty and the claimant or his heirs, including in application of the agreement referred to in article L. 1143-9 of this Code, and the judgment ruling on the claimant's or his heirs' rights to compensati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-8

…nts, blood transfusion establishments and establishments or organisations authorised under articles L. 1243-2 and L. 1245-5; 2° With regard to the other elements of the armed forces health service and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-4

…ved environmental protection associations, health system users' associations approved under article L. 1114-1 and approved consumer protection associations, as well as national associations of victims…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-6

…nation of actions provided for by the agreements on objectives and management referred to inarticle L. 227-1 of the Social Security Code; 4° The conditions under which the directors general of the reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-2

…f the preliminary chapter of title I of book I of this part, with the exception of those of article L. 1110-7 , are applicable to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject to the following…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article L134-3

In the event of insufficient representation of the commitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 134-1, the insurance undertaking shall perfect such representation by contributing assets representing it…

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