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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge

Article L425-1

I. - A guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge is responsible for compensating farmers and owners of agricultural and forestry land for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-16

I.-Commercial companies shall draw up and publish each year, at the request of the board of directors, the management board or the manager(s), as the case may be, consolidated accounts and a report on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-129

In order to implement an employee's entitlement to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-125, a collective agreement determines : 1° The maximum duration of the leave or period of part-time work; 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Helping employers manage health and safety at work

Article L4644-1

I.-The employer shall appoint one or more competent employees to deal with the company's occupational risk protection and prevention activities. The employee(s) thus designated by the employer shall r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-15

Each regional sports conference sets up one or more conferences of sports funders comprising representatives of : 1° The State; 2° Depending on the case, the region and departments, the Corsican colle…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article L162-1

When the seizure is carried out in the hands of an establishment authorised by law to keep deposit accounts, the latter is required to declare the balance of the debtor's account(s) on the day of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

The contrat unique d'insertion (single integration contract) is an employment contract concluded between an employer and an employee under the conditions set out in sub-section 3 of sections 2 and 5 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of the State.

Article L6122-1

I.-The State may organise and finance, for the benefit of jobseekers, training courses whose low level of development or emerging nature justifies, temporarily or permanently, actions defined at natio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-11

The grouping is administered by one or more persons. A legal entity may be appointed as a director of the grouping provided that it appoints a permanent representative, who incurs the same civil and c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central services and inspection

Article L1421-3-1

I.-The officers mentioned in article L. 1421-1 may be authorised by the Prime Minister, the Minister for Health and, where applicable, the minister(s) responsible for the management or supervision of…

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