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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation through payment of an annual contribution.

Article L5212-10-1

…g of Article L. 5212-13.The nature of the expenses mentioned in the first paragraph of this article and the conditions under which they may be deducted from the amount of the contribution are determin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-16-1

…relevant information specified by joint order of the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Road Safety, derived from data recorded by the system for recording driving dele…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…The provisions of the single chapter of Title I of Book VII of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-14

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment publishes the list of persons appointed by the organisations mentioned in Article R. 23-112-1 and representing emplo…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Election of judicial administrators who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires (National Commission for the Registration and Discipline of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives)

Article A811-1

…to the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires established, pursuant to Article R. 811-6, by the bureau of the Conseil natio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Election of judicial representatives who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires (National Commission for the Registration and Discipline of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives)

Article A812-1

…of judicial representatives elected to the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des mandataires judiciaires et des administrateurs judiciaires established, pursuant to Article R. 812-3,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Derogation from the three-year maximum duration of the employment contract concluded at the end of the training course

Article D211-100-1

…ation of the first employment contract referred to in Article L. 211-5 may be more than three years and up to five years when the collective agreement for the sport so provides and includes stipulatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Nuclear medicine activities

Article R6123-137-1

…nuclear medicine authorisation with mention B, with the exception of 2° of article R. 6123-91-1, I and III of article R. 6123-91-3 and article R. 6123-91-12.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L243-1-1

I.-The insurance requirements set out in articles L. 241-1, L. 241-2 and L. 242-1 do not apply to maritime, lake and river structures, road, port, airport, heliport and rail infrastructure, structures…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L23-111-1

I.-An inter-professional joint committee is set up at regional level to represent employees and employers in companies with fewer than eleven employees. II.It represents the employees and employers of…

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