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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-1-1

Notwithstanding 1° of article L. 4221-1, the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion, after consulting the Conseil National de l'Ordre des Pharmac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Exercising a mandate

Article L3123-14

…me of a part-time employee may not be reduced by more than one third by the use of the credit hours to which he is entitled for the exercise of mandates he holds within a company. Any balance of these…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-13

…weeks or during the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded on the basis of article L. 3121-44, whichever is longer, the average working hours actually worked by an employee exceed by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-10

Refusal to work the overtime proposed by the employer beyond the limits set by the contract does not constitute misconduct or grounds for dismissal. The same applies, within these limits, if the emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-11

…tribution of working hours between the days of the week or the weeks of the month shall be notified to the employee, giving sufficient notice.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-12

Where the employer asks the employee to modify the distribution of his working hours, even though the employment contract has not provided for the cases and nature of such modifications, the employee'…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-17

The residence permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" issued to a foreign national pursuant to article L. 424-14 may be withdrawn if the foreign national loses the benefit of subsidiary prote…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee member of the board or administrator of a social security fund.

Article L2411-18

In accordance witharticle L. 231-11 of the Social Security Code, the procedure for authorising dismissal and the periods and duration of protection for employees who are members of the board or admini…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Sanitary facilities, catering and accommodation.

Article L4228-1

Notwithstanding articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1111-3, for the application of chapter VIII of title II of book II of part four of the regulatory part, a decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions und…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Risk prevention in hyperbaric environments.

Article L4461-1

Notwithstanding Articles L. 1111-2 and L. 1111-3, for the application of Chapter I of Title VI of Book IV of Part IV of the regulatory part, a decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions under wh…

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