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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

…health and safety plans and, where required, the prevention plans provided for by other provisions of the Labour Code.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General information.

Article 409

Any attempt to commit a customs offence is considered to be the offence itself.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General information.

Article 408

There are five classes of customs offences and three classes of customs offences.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article L211-40

The provisions of Book VI of the Commercial Code, or those governing any equivalent judicial or amicable proceedings initiated on the basis of foreign law, shall not prevent the application of the pro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Liability

Article 413

Liability actions are barred after five years from the date on which the person concerned comes of age, even if the management would have continued beyond that date, or from the end of the measure if…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Liability

Article 412

…l guardianship bodies are liable for damage resulting from any fault they commit in the performance of their duties.Where the fault causing the damage was committed in the organisation and operation o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 406

The guardian is appointed for the duration of the guardianship.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 408

The tutor takes care of the minor's person and represents him in all acts of civil life, except in cases in which the law or custom authorises the minor to act himself. He represents the minor in cour…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 403

…or not, belongs only to the last surviving father and mother if he or she has retained, on the day of death, the exercise of parental authority. This appointment may only be made in the form of a wil…

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