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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R2122-22

An order of the Minister for Employment specifies the information and supporting documents that must be included in the appeal referred to in article R. 2122-21 in order to be admissible. The purpose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article R1222-61

Notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 1221-18, the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre may distribute and supply labile blood products which it alone has available to Armed Forces hospitals f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-4

Health establishments authorised to carry out tissue sampling shall take the necessary steps to ensure that all documents relating to the sampling referred to in the rules of good tissue sampling prac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article D464-8-1

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence referred to in Article L. 470-7-1 are published on the Autorité's website. Publicity may be limited to take account of the legitimate interest of the pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-1

The application for precautionary measures referred to in Article L. 464-1 may only be lodged in conjunction with a referral on the merits to the Autorité de la concurrence. It may be submitted at any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-21

The president, vice-president, presidents of chambers and judges in office or honorary judges of the commercial courts may not refer to their status without specifying the commercial court where they…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-5

At the end of the period provided for in Article R. 2242-3, the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment decides whether to apply the penalty referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article R2315-37

The annual accounts or the documents referred to in Article L. 2315-65 are approved within six months of the end of the financial year. This period may be extended at the request of the social and eco…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article D2621-2

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Prefect determines the representativeness of the employers' and employee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3173-1

Failure to send the Labour Inspectorate a duplicate of the poster referred to in article L. 3171-1 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. This fine is applied as many times as there are people employed…

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