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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-28

…ling that, the head of the internal structure to which they report and is governed by an agreement between the organisation organising the stay and the university hospital centre to which they are att…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-23

…pension institution for non-tenured State and local authority employees. The contribution base is set by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education, the interior and health.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2

…rivate deed countersigned by lawyers filed with the minutes of a notary or a homologated agreement setting out the arrangements for the exercise of parental authority.The other parent must be informed…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-2

When the time between service of the summons provided for in Article 390 or notification of the summons provided for in Article 390-1 and the court hearing is less than two months and the accused or h…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-28

…red to in article L. 313-16 may be deprived of the right to interest, in full or in the proportion set by the judge.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-27

A creditor who grants credit may be deprived of the right to interest in the proportion set by the judge, up to an amount that may not exceed, for each of the breaches listed below, 30% of the interes…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Economic Observatory for Public Procurement

Article R2196-2

An Economic Observatory for Public Procurement, reporting to the Minister for the Economy, gathers and analyses data relating to the economic and technical aspects of public procurement.It provides a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-2

…issued individually by the chairman of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique to public employees of the authority's departments for a renewable period of five years…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-21

The judgment adopting or rejecting the plan is notified to the debtor and to the representatives of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and brought to the attention of the public…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-22

When the decision rejecting the plan has become final and the provisions of the second or third paragraph of Article L. 622-10 have not been applied, the court shall refer the matter to itself for the…

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