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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction.

Article R711-34-1

Regional chambers of commerce and industry shall ensure that the chambers attached to them provide their members with the services and facilities required of them by law or regulation. Where a regiona…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R6123-3-1

Each year, the Regional Committee for Employment, Training and Vocational Guidance draws up a regional report on actions financed under the heading of employment, training and vocational guidance.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-3-1

I-In order to be able to rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority/entity shall publish in the Official Journal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18-1

…r an open-ended employment contract or a fixed-term employment contract concluded in application of 1° ofarticle L. 1242-3 within a limit set by the collective agreement. In the latter case, the mobil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

I. - 1° The sums paid into the share savings plan are used for one or more of the following purposes : a) Shares, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: National standards

Article D1181-1

The national harm reduction guidelines for prostitutes, adopted for the application of article L. 1181-1 and reproduced inappendix 11-3 of this code, are hereby approved.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R3331-1

The provisions of this Title, with the exception of Article D. 3334-3-1, also apply to the persons mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 3332-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-138-3

An order of the Minister responsible for labour specifies in particular: 1° The conditions for implementing the DEMAT @ MIANTE platform mentioned in Article R. 4412-133 and the procedures for its use…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-3

…ncluded between the supplier, with the exception of suppliers of products mentioned in article L. 443-2, and the distributor or service provider sets out the reciprocal obligations to which the partie…

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

Article R313-8

…to hold a residence permit, it will include, in addition to the information specified in article R. 313-6, an indication of the place, date of issue and period of validity of the signatory's residence…

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