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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition of the national health strategy

Article R1411-2

I.-The national health strategy is implemented by operational plans and programmes of national scope, defined or revised by order of the Minister for Health and, where appropriate, the other minister(…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-1

…al persons mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may not draw up a balance sheet and profit and loss account if they do not employ any employees and have registered their total and…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-23-1

In order to be extended, the branch agreement or professional agreement must, unless justified, include the specific stipulations mentioned in Article L. 2232-10-1 for undertakings with fewer than fif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Issue of the licence to practise.

Article D4221-13-2

The practice authorisation committee assesses candidates' competence, in particular in the light of the assessment report drawn up by the head of the organisation in which the successful candidate com…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-2

…information to the Agence nationale de traitement informatisé des infractions: - the identification and contact details of the commune, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-2

…iquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE RÉDACTIONUR L. 711-1 and L. 711-2 Resulting from law no. 2022-172 of 14 February 2022 in favour of independent profession…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social and tax arrangements for profit-sharing.

Article L3325-2

…th Article L. 3323-2 are exempt from income tax.Income from sums allocated by way of profit-sharing and used for the same purpose is exempt under the same conditions. They are then subject to the same…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Surveillance obligation

Article A322-8

…322-11 for supervising bathing areas that are open to the public free of charge, that are equipped and authorised by the regulations are: - diplomas conferring the title of lifeguard; - the national…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-1-1

…464-2 shall immediately be signed by the president of the criminal court at the end of the hearing and affixed with his seal. The court may attach provisional execution to this warrant pursuant to IV…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-6-1

…gets provided for in Article L. 1142-9-1 are set for each indicator mentioned in Articles D. 1142-2 and D. 1142-2-1 for which the maximum score has not been achieved, provided that the result level me…

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