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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-30

…concerned:1° Either one of the contracts provided for in articles L. 1435-3, L. 1435-4 and L. 6147-12 ; 2° Or a specific contract.This contract specifies the purpose of the actions, experiments or st…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-employment declaration.

Article L1221-11

…al to three hundred times the hourly rate of the guaranteed minimum provided for in article L. 3231-12.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-180

…activities, or to train those taking part in them, in return for remuneration is given in Annex II-12 to this Code. The subscriber attests on his or her honour to the accuracy and sincerity of the in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Provisions relating to the carrying on of certain co-insurance operations by insurance undertakings

Article R321-35

…hose head office is in France and which participate in the operations referred to in Article L. 321-12 as leading insurers shall provide the other insurers participating in these operations with stati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article R251-1

…to appoint a statutory auditor pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 251-12 if it has fewer than one hundred employees during the two financial years preceding the expiry of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-15

The articles L. 7227-12 to L. 7227-14 do not apply to study trips by councillors to the Assembly and members of the Executive Council. The deliberations relating to these trips specify their purpose,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R1132-5

…particular within the multidisciplinary centres for prenatal diagnosis mentioned in article R. 2131-12.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Prisoners of foreign nationality

Article D507

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 216-12 du code pénitentiaire, la délivrance des permis de visite et le contrôle de la correspondance concernant les détenus écroués à suite d'une de…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons

Article L823-14

…ies provided for in article L. 823-13, natural persons convicted under articles L. 823-11 or L. 823-12 shall incur the supplementary penalty of confiscation of all or part of their property, whatever…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-34

By way of derogation from the provisions of Articles L. 1251-12 and L. 1251-12-1 relating to the maximum duration of the assignment contract, when a temporary employee is exposed to ionising radiation…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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