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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-21

…ntitlement to compensation over the period in question, under the conditions set out in Article R. 5122-11 ; g) The data included in the pay slip mentioned in 4° to 7°, 10° to 12° as well as 14° and 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-2

…244-8-1 and L. 244-11 of the Social Security Code, in I of Article L. 725-7 and in Article L. 725-12 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, plus three years. In the absence of notification of a for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-9

…e access authorisations have been issued in application of the first paragraph of II of Article L. 5121-12-1, the Director of the Agency will request, without delay and by any means giving a date cert…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-122

…ooperation or the joint association shall set, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 2333-121, the fee due for the occupation, by the works of the public drinking water and sanitation servic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-123

Where the fee provided for in a public service delegation agreement corresponds, on the one hand, to the occupation of the public domain and, on the other hand, to the financing of works handed over t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12 bis : Fees payable for occupancy of the public domain by water and sewerage works

Article R2333-121

The fee payable each year to a municipality for the occupation of the municipal public domain by water supply and sewerage works is determined by the municipal council within the limits of a ceiling s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…ursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of cons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-14

…mination of the employment contract in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 1226-12 entitles the employee to compensation equal to the amount of the compensation in lieu of not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-38

…tate forwards the sentence or a certified copy of it and the certificate referred to in article 728-12 and its translation into French. The public prosecutor may, if he deems the content of the certif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval procedure

Article R1114-16

…ed letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It will be publicised in accordance with article R. 1114-12.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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