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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-12

Unless the provisions of article R. 4126-5 are applied, the complaint or application and the documents attached thereto shall be communicated in their entirety to the parties in copy form. Where the v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Renewal.

Article L145-11

…ed for in article L. 145-9 or in the response to the renewal request provided for in Article L. 145-10, make known the rent he proposes, failing which the new price is only due from the date of the re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-11

An employee who carries out his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1232-10, is entitled to have the hours spent carrying out t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-11

…reement on the European Economic Area, may perform professional acts in France on a temporary and occasional basis. Where the practice or training leading to the profession is not regulated in the Sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-11

Any change in the distribution of working hours between the days of the week or the weeks of the month shall be notified to the employee, giving sufficient notice.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Compensation for loss of income.

Article R2123-11

…epresentative who does not receive an official allowance and who is an employee must prove to the local authority concerned that he or she has suffered a reduction in remuneration as a result of atten…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11-1

The import and export of gametes or germ tissue derived from the human body are subject to authorisation issued by the Agence de la biomédecine. They are exclusively intended to enable the pursuit of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

…iaire shall draw up statements of claims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening the proceedings; 2. F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-20

…in the meaning of article L. 2331-1 with at least three hundred employees, as well as in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings within the meaning of articles L. 2341-1 and L. 2341-2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-15

…the territorial collectivity of French Guyana provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 71-111-14 include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/population;2° Proceeds from dire…

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