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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

I.-Where the professional organisations representing authors and publishers in the book sector conclude an agreement covering all the provisions mentioned in II, this agreement may be made binding on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract

Article L1254-13

Notwithstanding article L. 1254-12, to enable the temporary employee to prospect for new clients, the end of the contract may be postponed by agreement between the temporary employment agency and the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract

Article L1254-12

The total duration of the fixed-term contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into account any renewals under the conditions set out in Article L. 1254-17.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract

Article L1254-11

The term of an employment contract is fixed precisely when it is entered into. However, it may not include a precise term if the term of the object for which it was concluded is not known. It is then…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-19

…this distribution may however be subject to a modulation determined by the agreement on objectives and resources mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6332-2, without this modulation having t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article D6332-18

I.-The management, information and mission costs mentioned in article R. 6332-17 may not exceed a ceiling determined in the agreement on objectives and resources mentioned in article L. 6332-2. These…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-17

…for skills operators are made up of :1° Administrative management costs relating to the instruction and monitoring of training applications ;2° Reimbursement of travel, accommodation and catering expe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-3

…rt of the application ; 2° The operating procedures for the depot, including in particular the list and qualifications of staff, a plan of the premises and a list of the equipment used; 3° The arrange…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708-1

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 working full time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their service obligations up to a lim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-2

…s, at least one of whom is a health executive; 3° A health executive nurse. The members of the jury and their alternates are appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.

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