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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial inspection

Article R4323-22

Orders issued by the Minister for Labour or the Minister for Agriculture determine the work equipment and categories of work equipment for which the employer shall carry out or have carried out an ini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Packaging units for rolling tobacco

Article R3512-25

I.-When the unit packet of rolling tobacco is fitted with a reclosable tab, the tab must be: 1° Unmarked; 2° Either light-coloured or transparent and uncoloured. II - A cylindrical or parallelepiped-s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-4-2

…ten years' imprisonment and a fine of one million euros when the offences provided for in articles L. 163-3, L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 are committed by an organised gang.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-22-1

The procedures for revision and denunciation provided for in Article L. 2232-22 are applicable to collective agreements, regardless of the procedures for their conclusion, when the undertaking subsequ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article R812-22-1

…judiciaire, des mandataires judiciaires, are applicable to the persons mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 subject to the following provisions: 1° The commission may only rule on disciplinary matter…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-22-4

Investment firms providing the investment services referred to in Article L. 321-1 (4) are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 533-22 and L. 533-22-1 in the same way as the portfolio management c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R221-2

The documents allowing third-country nationals mentioned in article L. 200-4 to be admitted to French territory are their valid passport and a visa or, if they are exempt from this, a document establi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Decisions and appeals

Article R824-22

…he decision shall be published on the High Council's website for a period of not less than five years. It may be made public under the conditions set out in article L. 824-13.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Smoking products made from plants other than tobacco

Article R3514-2

The information mentioned in article L. 3514-5 which does not fall within the scope of business secrecy is made accessible to the public, in accordance with the procedures defined by order of the Mini…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article R2112-2

The terms of the contract may be determined by reference to general documents such as:1° Cahiers des clauses administratives générales, which set out the administrative provisions applicable to a cate…

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