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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Early termination of the contract.

Article L1243-2

…ed to observe a period of notice calculated on the basis of one day per week, taking into account : 1° The total duration of the contract including, where applicable, its one or two renewals, where it…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-4

An optional standard model of descriptive statement is approved by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Economy.The single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 makes this stan…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-1-2

For the application of article L. 5121-10-1 to Wallis and Futuna, in the first paragraph, the words: "without prejudice to the evaluation of the expected service by the Haute Autorité de santé pursuan…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-3

In the event of an audit of a body responsible for carrying out all or some of the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1, where it is found that actions financed by vocational training funds have pur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-3

…rovided for in Article R. 5121-146-2 may bear only the information provided for in a, c, d and h of 1° of Article R. 5121-146-2, in a, b and c of 2° of the same article, as well as : 1° Where the prep…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article L733-16

Creditors on whom the measures imposed by the commission pursuant to articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7 or those taken by the judge pursuant to article L. 733-13 are enforceable may not take enf…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-14

…accreditation, the rector may renew the accreditation for a further five years after ensuring that:1° That the commitments made at the time of the application for accreditation have been met;2° That…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-1

I.- For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Preventive treatment": any individual or collective prophylactic treatment applied to healthy animals exposed to a risk…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-7

…operty attorneys with other service providers primarily engaged in one of the following activities: 1° Building prototypes; 2° Matching offers and licence applications; 3° Creating trademarks; 4° Fina…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality.

Article D2573-5

I. - The articles R. 2114-1 and R. 2114-2 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptation provided for in II.II. - In article R. 2114-1, the words: "of the Minister of the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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