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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of salary.

Article L7422-5

…7422-9 and L. 7422-10 ; 2° The workshop costs and ancillary costs provided for in article L. 7422-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R2363-5

…th the provisions of Articles L. 2361-1 to L. 2362-8, L. 2362-10 to L. 2363-6, L. 2363-8 to L. 2363-11 and L. 2364-1, shall be forwarded to the Labour Inspectorate.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R920-2

…hambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" by "chambre de commerce et d'industrie de Mayotte" ;11° "chambre d'agriculture" by "chambre d'agriculture, de la pêche, et de l'aquaculture de Mayotte";…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-17

…the establishment of the regional development schemes provided for in articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, und…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Actions for recovery.

Article D5424-65

By way of derogation from the rule of territorial jurisdiction set out in Article R. 5422-11, the objection of the debtor who is the subject of the constraint mentioned in Article L. 5422-16 is lodged…

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

Article L1226-20

…t 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 employee refuses…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-13

…to 222-59 or 413-10 to 413-12 of the French Criminal Code, Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the French Defence Code or Article L. 317-8 of the French Internal Security…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-188

…ises two tests:1° The technical test provided for in Title VII and Annex V of the modified Order of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the State diploma of national alpine ski instruc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Information and publicity measures.

Article R321-33

I.-The advertisement provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-11 shall specify at least the date and place of the planned sale, the name of the voluntary sales operator and the date of it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-5

…4-6 of the Public Procurement Code or the information provided for in articles R. 2184-7 to R. 2184-11 of the same code; 6° The information, certificates and other documents required by articles R. 21…

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