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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities

Article R1233-15-1

The administrative authority referred to in articles L. 1233-57-13 and L. 1233-57-21 is the Prefect of the département in which the establishment has its registered office. The information and reports…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article R421-24

…e of a residence permit bearing the wording "long-term resident-EU" provided for in articles L. 421-12 or L. 421-25 is equivalent to an application for renewal of the residence permit previously acqui…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R3123-11

To qualify for the reimbursement provided for in article L. 3123-12, the elected representative must provide proof to the department that he or she has suffered a reduction in income as a result of ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7a: Employers' contribution to the development of continuing vocational training

Article 1679 bis B

…f continuing vocational training are made in accordance with the rules mentioned in Article L. 6362-12 of the Labour Code. 4. (Repealed)

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-108

Any medicinal product which does not have a marketing authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-8 or an early access authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-12 or a compassionate access…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-1

…eans of a remote communication technique. The provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article R. 512-12 are applicable to these levies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-30

…id leave funds with a view to allocating the daily bad weather allowance defined in Article L. 5424-12 have separate accounts from those of the other departments of the compensation fund.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Determining the number of training and delegation days and the methods for calculating and paying lump-sum compensation

Article D7343-74

The representatives appointed in application of article L. 7343-12 benefit from a maximum of twelve days per year of training in social dialogue. The duration of each training session may not be less…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Access to rights and obligations

Article D561-14

The certificate mentioned in Article D. 561-12 is valid from the date of issue until the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons issues civil status documents attesting to t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecution

Article 907

Articles L. 952-12 of the Code of Judicial Organisation relating to the replacement of the president of the High Court of Appeal and of the assessors and to the specific procedures for exercising judi…

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