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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Timeshare contract.

Article L1252-8

In the user company, the employee on secondment has access to collective means of transport and collective facilities, in particular catering facilities, available to the employees of that company, un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-8

…not be constituted, the first president of the court of appeal, at the request of the public prosecutor, appoints another industrial tribunal or, failing that, one or more judges within the jurisdicti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-8

The duties of an industrial tribunal member are free of charge to the parties.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties.

Article L1453-8

The trade union representative is bound by professional secrecy in all matters relating to manufacturing processes. They are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to information of a confid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trade union representation at branch level

Article L2122-8

…established, they determine, in conjunction with the employers' organisations, the list of subjects to be covered by collective bargaining at branch level, as well as the procedures for its organisati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-8

Failure by the sponsor to provide the investigators of chemical, pharmaceutical, biological, pharmacological or toxicological tests with the information required by law relating to the test, the medic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-8

…s punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: a) Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, unde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-8

…mpetent authority after obtaining the opinion of the Agence de la biomédecine when it concerns haematopoietic cell allograft activity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-8

It is forbidden to supply water intended for human consumption via open canals, with the exception of those existing on 30 October 1935, which have been improved to ensure that the water supplied is c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-8

Within the protection perimeter, the owner of a spring declared to be in the public interest has the right to carry out on another person's land, with the exception of dwellings and adjoining yards, a…

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