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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-17

The annual and five-yearly negotiations provided for in Articles L. 2241-8 and L. 2241-15 also aim to define and plan measures to eliminate pay differentials between women and men.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Relationship between collective bargaining agreements and employment contracts.

Article L2254-1

Where an employer is bound by the clauses of an agreement, these clauses apply to employment contracts concluded with the employer, unless more favourable stipulations apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-1

I.- Foetal medicine refers to medical practices, in particular clinical, biological and imaging practices, aimed at the diagnosis and prognostic evaluation and, where appropriate, the treatment, inclu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-1

Judicial police officers and law enforcement officers are responsible for investigating and recording, each in the territory in which they carry out their duties, the offences provided for in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4244-1

The State lays down the conditions of access to training for hospital pharmacy assistants. It determines the training programme, the organisation of studies, the assessment procedures for apprentices…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-1

The State lays down the conditions of access to training for the professionals mentioned in Titles I to VII of this book, nursing assistants, nursery auxiliaries, ambulance attendants and health manag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L623-1

The administrator, with the help of the debtor and the possible assistance of one or more experts, is responsible for drawing up an economic and social balance sheet of the business in a report.The ec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L693-1

Any foreign creditor or his agent or representative of his choice and, where applicable, the insolvency practitioners appointed to represent the interests of creditors in insolvency proceedings opened…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article L710-1

In their capacity as intermediary bodies of the State, the establishments of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry network each have a function of representing the interests of industry, commerce and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-16

An annual operating grant is introduced for municipalities equipped with one or more registration stations for electronic passport and national identity card applications, known as the "secure documen…

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