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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-46

The technical files containing the information relating to the search for and identification of asbestos-containing materials provided for in articles R. 1334-22, R. 1334-27 and R. 1334-28 of the Publ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-42

The project owner, or the main contractor in the case of subcontracting, mentions in the documents given to the contractors that the site on which they will be working if a contract is signed is subje…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-48

The general co-ordination plan incorporates, in particular, as and when they are drawn up, and by harmonising them, the specific health and safety plans and, where required, the prevention plans provi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 465

…person or by the person entrusted with his protection is sanctioned under the following conditions: 1° If the protected person has performed alone an act that he or she could have performed without th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 466

The articles 464 and 465 do not preclude the application of the articles 414-1 and 414-2.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 464

…of the judgment opening the protective measure may be reduced on the sole proof that his inability to defend his interests, as a result of the alteration of his personal faculties, was notorious or k…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resistance tests

Article R385-4

The stress tests referred to in Article L. 385-3 consist of a projection of the business of the supplementary occupational pension fund into the future. This projection is based on :a) A scenario exte…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requirements as to good repute

Article L512-4

The provisions set out in I to VI of article L. 322-2 apply to insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and secondary insurance intermediaries who are natural persons acting in their own name, persons…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-4

The holder may not be required to behave in a discriminatory manner towards its potential sub-contractors, in particular on the grounds of their nationality.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-4

…shares or founder's shares is prohibited. However, profit shares or founder's shares issued before 1 April 1967 remain governed by the texts relating to them.

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