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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-18

…to successful completion of a first university year and obtaining 60 European credits from the 2016-2017 academic year. The conditions for admission to these institutes are set by order of the ministe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…of the French National Service Code ; 2° The operational military reserve mentioned inarticle L. 4211-1 of the Defence Code; 2° bis The voluntary national police operational reserve mentioned in 3° a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-16

Where the sentenced person has not made an application in the form prescribed by Article D. 49-11, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4412-96

…hygiene showering; 4° Instructing party: the head of the user company, referred to in Article R. 4511-1 and in Decree No. 77-1321 of 29 November 1977 on work carried out in an establishment by an ext…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

…end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L753-7

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 313-23 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 313-2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-7

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 313-23 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 313-2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L754-6

…and column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-23 Order no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 L. 313-2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-14

The agreement is forwarded to the competent administrative authority for approval by the most diligent party no later than 31 May of the first year of implementation of the programme, in accordance wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…ing from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 222-9 to L. 222-16 Resulting from order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016…

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