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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all companies

Article R822-38

If the articles of association are drawn up by private deed, as many originals shall be drawn up as are necessary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of this title..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee of French Polynesia.

Article R2573-38

No one may be a member of the Local Finance Committee in more than one capacity simultaneously.When a member of the Local Finance Committee representing the communes becomes President of French Polyne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fire safety instructions

Article R4227-38

The fire safety instructions indicate : 1° The extinguishing and emergency equipment in the premises or in the vicinity ; 2° The persons responsible for putting this equipment into action; 3° For each…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-38

Any modification made by the manufacturer or importer to machinery or personal protective equipment in respect of which an EC type-examination certificate has been issued shall be notified to the body…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-38

Where two or more pieces of equipment for lifting non-guided loads are installed or mounted in a workplace in such a way that their fields of action overlap, measures are taken to avoid collisions bet…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-38

If the power transmission elements between mobile work equipment are likely to become dirty and deteriorate as they drag along the ground, they are fitted with fixings.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Worker information and training

Article R4412-38

The employer shall ensure that workers and the social and economic committee : 1° Receive information in appropriate and periodically updated form on the hazardous chemical agents present in the workp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-38

…ed out, measures must be taken to prevent access to the area in which the rockfall is likely to occur.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-38

…propriate care and measures, safeguard the dignity of the patient and comfort those around him or her. They do not have the right to deliberately bring about death.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-38

The Conseil national de l'ordre informs all the departmental councils and the director of the Union nationale des caisses d'assurance maladie, by any means, of the decisions handed down by the discipl…

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