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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information for holders

Article L224-7-1

Everyone is entitled to free information about the retirement savings products they have subscribed to during their lifetime. The online service mentioned in III of article L. 161-17 of the Social Sec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-13

I.-Receivables that regularly arise after the judgment opening or pronouncing the judicial liquidation shall be paid on their due date:-if they arise for the purposes of the conduct of the proceedings…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-1-1

The following may also be entered on the list of qualified persons provided for in Article L. 421-1 : 1° Subject to meeting the diploma requirements of 1° and 2° of Article R. 421-1 and provide eviden…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1451-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1481-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-138

Enclosed workplaces owned, rented or managed by the companies responsible for the work, as well as those made available to these companies on sites subject to the obligation to coordinate safety and h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-16-1

The inter-company occupational health and prevention service communicates to its members and to the regional occupational health and prevention committee and makes public: 1° Its range of services as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-1

Without prejudice to any legal proceedings that may be brought against them, employers who have employed a foreign worker in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1 shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Orthoptists.

Article L4342-1

The practice of orthoptics involves health promotion, prevention, orthoptic assessment and treatment of motor, sensory and functional visual impairments, as well as vision exploration.Orthoptists prac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing approval.

Article R6312-10

The composition of medical transport crews is defined below: 1° For category A and C vehicles: at least two persons belonging to the categories of personnel mentioned in Article R. 6312-7, at least on…

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