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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R5315-8

The Managing Director is appointed by decree on the joint proposal of the supervisory ministers. The Director General: 1° Prepares, co-signs and executes the contract of objectives and performance pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for certain categories of employees

Article R3232-9

The procedure set out in article R. 3232-8 applies to employees with intermittent employment contracts when they are employed by several successive employers in the same month.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-8

The jury for the technical examination is formed by the commission mentioned in article R. 15-33-29-5. The members of the committee or their substitutes called upon to make up the jury must sit for th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Exceptional conditions of administration.

Article R5121-96

Doctors, dental surgeons or midwives who do not practice in an establishment, service or centre mentioned in article R. 5121-88 or who do not meet the conditions set out in article R. 5121-91 may be a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceeding limit values

Article R4451-81

Any worker whose health status exceeds one of the limit values set out in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 will benefit from the health monitoring applicable to workers classified in catego…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-88

I.- Pursuant to the second paragraph of I of article L. 5126-4, changes to the information contained in the authorisation referred to in article R. 5126-86 must be declared in advance to the Minister…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R641-8

I. - The court clerk shall attach to the copy of the judgment referred to in Article R. 621-7 a document reproducing the terms of II of this article, as well as:1° Those of articles L. 812-2, L. 814-5…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks

Article R1322-44-2

The verification of water quality carried out by the Regional Health Agency, as part of the provisions of article R. 1322-40, includes an analysis programme for the sanitary control of natural mineral…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Subscription

Article R313-9

In order to obtain validation from the mayor, the signatory of the attestation d'accueil must go in person to the town hall with one of the documents mentioned in articles R. 313-7 and R. 313-8, a doc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mediation procedure

Article R2523-9

In the case of a dispute with a regional, departmental or local impact, when the parties have been unable to agree on the choice of a mediator within three days of the request being filed, or when the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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