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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4321-2

It is prohibited to put into service or use work equipment and means of protection which do not comply with the technical design rules set out in Chapter II and the certification procedures set out in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The Chairman

Article L5913-2

The Assembly from which the President is elected provides the Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors with the resources necessary for its operation: these resources m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

The surveys provided for in articles R. 1334-20 to R. 1334-22 as well as the periodic assessment of the state of preservation provided for in article R. 1334-27 and the visual examination provided for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-2

Any edition of writings, musical composition, drawing, painting or any other production, printed or engraved in whole or in part, in defiance of the laws and regulations relating to authors' property,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L3132-2

The weekly rest period is at least twenty-four consecutive hours, plus the consecutive hours of daily rest provided for in Chapter I.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L2214-2

Under no circumstances should voluntary interruption of pregnancy be used as a means of birth control. To this end, the Government shall take all necessary measures to develop the widest possible info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementation

Article L7332-2

The cooperative for activity and employment is responsible for the application, for the benefit of the associate salaried entrepreneurs, of the provisions of Book I of Part Three relating to working h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance.

Article R243-2

The evidence provided for in Article L. 243-2 must be submitted to the authority competent to receive the declaration when the worksite is declared open. The evidence provided for in this article shal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article L332-2

Within a time limit fixed by regulation, the distrainee or the garnishee may request the president of the judicial court to order the release of the seizure or to confine its effects, or to authorise…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2

For the application of this code in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories and for the application of the provisions that it makes applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands…

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