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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-2-1

In branches where seasonal employment is particularly widespread, as defined by an order of the Minister of Labour, in the absence of collective bargaining agreements at branch or company level, seaso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Establishments authorised to remove organs.

Article L1233-1

Organ removal with a view to donation for therapeutic purposes may only be carried out in health establishments authorised for this purpose by the administrative authority after obtaining the opinion…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-3

The health project is territorial. The health democracy territories provided for in 1° ofarticle L. 1434-9 may cover the territory of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, or be smaller or larger than it. They ar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-17

Some of the communal facilities used for family sports and leisure activities may not belong to the family holiday home. When they belong to a local authority or third party, a multi-year agreement mu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Concession contracts concluded by a contracting entity

Article L3214-2

When they are concluded by contracting entities, concession contracts concluded by contracting entities in a Member State of the European Union or in a specific geographical area of a Member State are…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements, dynamic purchasing systems and innovation partnerships

Article R2121-9

For the innovation partnerships referred to in article L. 2172-3, the estimated value of the need is determined by taking into account the total estimated value of the research and development activit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1835

The Articles of Association must be drawn up in writing. In addition to the contributions of each shareholder, they determine the form, object, name, registered office, share capital, duration and ope…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions and procedures for authorisation of investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-4

In granting approval for the programme of operations, the AMF assesses the quality of the programme in the light of the obligations set out in Articles L. 533-25 and L. 533-26, as well as the conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-37

In separate undertakings and establishments with fewer than three hundred employees, the labour inspector may require the creation of a health, safety and working conditions committee where this is ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-18

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may, where justified by the specific characteristics of a sector's activity, provide for the maximum weekly work…

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