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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-3

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-24-1 may not derogate from :1° The employer's obligation to provide training, adaptation and redeployment in application of article L. 1233-4;2° The gener…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-3-1

Every year, the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail draws up a report on its activities, which is sent to Parliament:1° As part of its tasks rela…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…n the authorised officers observe, with the powers provided for in this book, an infringement or failure to comply with the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 and L. 511-7 as well as…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-3

I.-Investment firms and investment holding companies with a branch or subsidiary that is a financial institution within the meaning of Article 4(1), point 26 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 in a Member…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-3

The collective agreement referred to inarticle L. 1237-19 is sent to the administrative authority for validation. The administrative authority validates the collective agreement once it has verified:…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-2

…prior authorisation, if prior authorisation is obtained by fraud, if the requirements of II of article L. 151-3 are disregarded, if decisions or injunctions issued on the basis of article L. 151-3-1,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-3-1

Within insurance and reinsurance undertakings, with the exception of those referred to in article L. 322-3, the committee referred to in article L. 823-19 of the Commercial Code also monitors risk man…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-3-2

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article L. 823-3, where the statutory auditor is appointed by a company voluntarily or pursuant to the first or last paragraphs of article L. 823-2-2,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2a: Provisions relating to local fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-4

In local fire and rescue services, volunteer firefighters are recruited and managed by the commune or the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation. By way of derogation from the first parag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2a: Provisions relating to local fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-5

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation are competent to build, acquire or lease the property necessary for the operation of the first response centres of the local fir…

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