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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

…r can prove that it is unable to offer a job, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 1226-10 and L. 1226-11, to an employee who has been declared unfit and holds such a contract, or if the e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-6

…Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, done at Beijing on 10 September 2010, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 bis

The municipal council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Control.

Article L6116-3

…he regional health agency. In the case of private health establishments, the regional health agency may also request that the accounts of the managing bodies be sent.All other accounting documents req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D775-39

…column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 561-4-12022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 561-10-1No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-10-2no. 2020-1774 of 21 December…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-18

…the interim pharmacist in charge of the companies or organisations mentioned in 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5124-2 provide proof of at least six months' practical…

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

Article R6153-13

…aid down in article R. 6152-819. During this leave, the remuneration referred to in article R. 6153-10 and in 1° and 3° of article D. 6153-10-1 is maintained.Interns may be granted unpaid parental lea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…European Certificate of Succession ;- Articles 44 to 57 and 60 of Council Regulation (EU) No 2016/1103 of 24 June 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable law, r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6271-1

…xpenditure, excluding tax and excluding assistance funds, recorded over a ten-year period preceding 2007, with the exception of roads, for which the period taken into account to determine the right to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6371-1

…nditure, excluding tax and excluding assistance funds, recorded over a period of ten years prior to 2007, with the exception of roads for which the period taken into account to determine the right to…

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