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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-2

…r-communal cooperation or of the départements which are substituted for them by virtue of their competence as organising authorities for the public distribution of electricity mentioned in article L.…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-1

…1 or articles L. 6523-1-2 to L. 6523-1-4 may, under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, enter into agreements with a skills operator located in these territories.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-5-1

The control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 of this Code may pass on to the officers of the body referred to in Article L. 767-1 of the Social Security Code any information and documents t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5123-1

…an be reimbursed by a health insurance organisation, for each of the medicinal products prescribed: 1° The dosage ; 2° Either the duration of treatment or, where the prescription includes the name of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-2

…in 1 to 6, supervised by the Autorité des marchés financiers or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or by equivalent authorities in another Member State of the European Union or party…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition of the field of fitting professions

Article D4364-1

Prosthetists and orthotists who fit orthopaedic appliances to sick or disabled people include the following professions: 1° Orthoprosthetists ; 2° Pedorthists 3° Ocularists 4° Epithesists; 5° Orthopae…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 1-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 123-45, A. 123-47, A. 123-50, A. 134-2)

Article Annexe II

…tment by way of partition: copy of the registered deed and certificate of publication in a legal gazette or copy thereof; - by way of donation: copy of the deed of gift; - by devolution of succession,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Weekly and Sunday rest periods

Article R3164-1

…tion of article L. 3164-5, the employment of apprentices under the age of eighteen on Sundays are : 1° Hotels; 2° Restaurants; 3° Caterers and reception organisers; 4° Cafés, tobacconists and public h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-27

For the application of the provisions of 2° to 4° of article L. 6111-1-2, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency designates, for each prison in the region, the nearby public health establi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Recognition of disabled worker status.

Article L5213-2-1

…integration, with a view to enabling them to access and remain in paid employment on the labour market. It includes support and guidance for both the employee and the employer.The scheme, which is imp…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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