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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Composition and mandate

Article L23-112-1

The regional cross-industry joint committee is made up of twenty members, employees and employers of companies with fewer than eleven employees, appointed by the employees' trade union organisations a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-11

An existing on-trade public house may be transferred to the department in which it is located. Applications for authorisation to transfer are submitted to the State representative in the département.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-18

When several trade union organisations affiliated to the same union have submitted competing lists, the Minister responsible for health will inform the delegates of each of the lists concerned within…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Courts dealing with secure detention

Article R53-8-40

The president of the chamber and the two councillors of the court of appeal who make up the regional court for secure detention belong to the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction this court sits.…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8.

Article R464-18

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate sets the time limits within which the parties to the proceedings must send each other their written observations, send them to the minister r…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 96 B

When non-commercial taxpayers generate both non-commercial and commercial income from the same business, all income is aggregated to determine the limit above which the controlled declaration is compu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-18

The insurer is not liable for :a) damage to or loss of property resulting from the inherent vice of the insured object, except as provided for in article L. 173-4 with regard to latent defects in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation

Article L2234-5

The observatory for analysis and support for social dialogue and negotiation is made up of :1° Members who are employees and employers operating in the region, appointed by the representative employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-25

The Labour Inspector may, after consulting the representative trade union organisations in the undertaking, authorise derogations from the conditions of seniority for eligibility to vote, in particula…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Implementing provisions

Article L23-115-1

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions for the application of this Title, in particular: 1° The procedures for the presentation of the employees on the electoral propaganda mentio…

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