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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Relations between training supervisors and trainees.

Article R4235-44

…isor has authority over his trainee. Disputes between training supervisors and trainees are brought to the attention of the President of the relevant Association Council, with the exception of those r…

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

Article D5424-41

The costs referred to in article L. 5424-15 are equalised by the Union des caisses de France-Congés intempérie BTP and by the paid leave funds provided for in article D. 3141-12, under the conditions…

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

Article D5424-40

The decrees mentioned in article D. 5424-39 set each year the rates of contributions to be paid by companies and the amount of the reserve fund intended to ensure the reimbursement of bad weather dail…

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

Article D5424-43

…This increase may only be applied after formal notice has been given by the Caisse des Congés payés to the employer to pay the contributions or file the wage declarations.

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

Article D5424-42

The Union des caisses de France-Congés intempérie BTP is authorised to obtain, through short-term loans, the sums necessary to enable the caisses de congés payés to make reimbursements pending collect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for jobseekers

Article R5524-4

For employees who have been insured for one hundred and eighty-two days or one thousand and fourteen hours during the twenty-four months preceding the end of their employment contract, the period duri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the international spread of diseases in French Polynesia

Article R3845-4

…ay delegate some of its tasks mentioned in Article 4 of the International Health Regulations (2005) to a local focal point in French Polynesia, under the conditions set out in the agreement provided f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers

Article A721-4

The application file includes: 1° The declaration of candidacy dated and signed by the candidate; 2° A statement of service drawn up by the candidate and endorsed by the president of the commercial co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-4

The following is punishable by a fine of 10,000 euros for a project owner: 1° Failing to appoint a health and safety coordinator, in breach of Article L. 4532-4, or failing to provide the coordinator…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-4

I.-The following apply to the staff mentioned in 1° to 4° ofArticle L. 6152-1: 1° The following provisions of the General Civil Service Code: a) Article L. 115-7 ; b) Article L. 121-3 ; c) Chapter III…

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