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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the provision or delivery of information or documents on any durable medium other than paper

Article L314-28

…borrower may, immediately and at any time during the credit transaction, object by any means to the use of a durable medium other than paper and ask to be provided with a paper medium free of charge.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Public policy

Article L3151-3

Any employee may, at his or her request and in agreement with his or her employer, use the rights allocated to the time savings account to supplement his or her remuneration or to gradually stop worki…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-16

Where the syndicate commission has not been formed, the change of use or the sale of all or part of the property of the section is decided by the municipal council ruling by an absolute majority of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Common provisions.

Article A432-6

Foreign exchange risk can only be covered if the use of the currency specified in the contract is approved by the Minister for the Economy. Foreign exchange cover is granted on the basis of the exchan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexing.

Article D112-1

…he general price level authorised for certain products and loans by article L. 112-3 is implemented using the consumer price index for all households, excluding tobacco, published monthly by the Natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-15

Blood and its components may only be used to prepare in vitro diagnostic medical devices if the results of the tests and analyses provided for in b, c and d of 5° of Article D. 1221-6 are negative. Ho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-9

…into the establishment and managed directly by the latter, or external facilities, whether contiguous or not, used by the establishment to provide this teaching. In the first case, account is taken,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ventilation.

Article R4534-47

…nk in rock containing free silica, only water-injected foils or foils fitted with an effective dry dust collection device are used. Instructions indicate the workstations where it is necessary to rein…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Actions in the workplace.

Article R4624-4-1

…vices, the multidisciplinary team is informed of : 1° Of the nature and composition of the products used and their methods of use. In particular, the employer provides the occupational physician with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-1

…es R. 4351-2 to R. 4351-3, to the performance of: 1° Examinations required to establish a diagnosis using ionising radiation or other physical agents; 2° Treatments using ionising radiation or other p…

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