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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519

Assistants are entitled to : 1° Annual leave of twenty-five working days; 2° To leave granted as part of the reduction in working hours; 3° To days of recuperation for periods of additional working ti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-74

Where provided for by law, the provisions of this Title shall also apply to: 1° Crimes and offences committed as part of an organised gang, other than those covered by articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 ; 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Granting of reductions in sentences under article 721

Article D116-3

…d or due to be served corresponds to one of the convictions referred to in articles 721-1-1 and 721-1-2 or to one of the situations described in the eighth paragraph of Article 721. These rules are no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-57

Individual employers employing one or more of the following are liable to pay a contribution to the development of continuing vocational training equal to 0.15% of remuneration for the reference year:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-7

Training courses leading to a qualification are referred to as training courses leading to a qualification: 1° A professional qualification registered in the national register of professional qualific…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

…e examination of an application for first issue of a residence permit provided for in Articles L. 421-22, L. 421-23, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29, L. 422-14, L. 423-1, L. 423-6, L. 423-7, L. 423-11 to L. 42…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Age requirements

Article D6222-1

The exceptions to the upper age limit provided for in article L. 6222-2, apply under the following conditions: 1° For the derogations provided for in 1° and 2°, the age of the apprentice at the time t…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 14: Maintenance and repair of medical equipment

Article R224-51

The obligation set out in article L. 224-111 does not apply in the following cases: 1° When parts from the circular economy are not available within the timeframe compatible with the date or timeframe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III

Article D46-1-4

The provisions of article D. 45-2-1 bis are applicable before the police court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

…71 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, except in the cases provided for in article 56-1-2 of this code.On pain of nullity, correspondence with a journalist allowing a source to be identi…

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