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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other formalities.

Article L1221-17

In addition to the pre-employment declaration provided for in Article L. 1221-10, a pre-employment declaration must be made :1° When an establishment, having ceased to employ staff for at least six mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-40

…period of sixteen weeks or, where applicable, eighteen or twenty-two weeks provided for in article L. 1225-37. These two periods may be simultaneous.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1243-1

…ss for work certified by the occupational physician. When concluded in application of 6° of article L. 1242-2, the fixed-term employment contract may also be terminated by either party, for a real and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union representation at company and establishment level

Article L2122-2

…ffiliated to a national cross-industry trade union confederation which meet the criteria of Article L. 2121-1 and which received at least 10% of the votes cast in the first round of the most recent el…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Patients in health care institutions

Article L1112-5

…t's operating rules and medical and paramedical activities and subject to the provisions of article L. 1110-11. Associations which organise the work of volunteers in public or private health establish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-12

For each piece of research mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 1121-1, the dossier submitted to the Committee for the Protection of Individuals and, where applicable, to the competent authority, shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to hazardous substances and mixtures.

Article L1342-3

…chapter, in particular the persons who have access to the information declared pursuant to Article L. 1342-1, the conditions under which the confidentiality with regard to third parties of informatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-11

…Director General of the Regional Health Agency or, by application of the third paragraph of article L. 1422-1, the Director of the municipal health and hygiene service of the municipality concerned, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Insurance against hail and livestock mortality.

Article L123-4

…ce is suspended for non-payment of the premium in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 113-3, it shall resume at the latest on the tenth day at noon, from the day on which the outstand…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-14

…ocedures for the exercise by the guarantee fund of the right of subrogation provided for in article L. 421-13.A Conseil d'Etat decree sets out the conditions for adapting this section in the overseas…

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