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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Governor and Deputy Governors

Article L142-8

…neral Council of the Banque de France.He prepares and implements the decisions of the General Council.He represents the Bank in dealings with third parties; he alone signs all agreements on behalf of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Prohibition on prenatal and postnatal use.

Article L1225-29

The employee may not be employed for a total of eight weeks before and after giving birth.The employee may not be employed for six weeks after giving birth.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: The commercial freelance administration contract

Article L1254-22

The freelance administration company concludes a commercial freelance administration service contract with the client company of the supported employee no later than two working days following the sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: The commercial freelance administration contract

Article L1254-23

The contract concluded in writing shall include the following clauses and information: 1° the identity of the employee concerned; 2° a description of the skills, qualifications and areas of expertise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-24

Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 6, the officials mentioned in Article L. 1421-1 who are not radiation protection inspectors and the officials mentioned in Article L. 1435-7 may, under t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-22

Owners or operators of certain categories of built property located in areas with radon potential where exposure to radon is likely to be harmful to health must monitor this exposure. Above certain le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-23

Organisations involved in radon monitoring are authorised : 1° to carry out measurements of radon activity in built-up areas ; 2° To analyse radon activity measurements. These bodies transmit the resu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article L431-14

A construction insurance risk compensation fund has been set up to contribute, within the framework of agreements that may be concluded for this purpose with the insurance companies concerned, to the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation and conditions of registration

Article L211-18

I - The natural or legal persons mentioned in article L. 211-1 are registered in the register mentioned inarticle L. 141-3. II.-In order to be registered, these persons must: 1° Provide travellers wit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to certain establishments

Article L451-17

The fact of carrying out ionisation treatments without holding the approval provided for in article L. 414-1 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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