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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Lifelong vocational guidance

Article L6111-5

…isations and the quality labels from which they benefit;2° In the case of young people aged between 16 and 30, information on access to social rights and leisure activities; 3° Benefit from personalis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-17

The magistrate mentioned in Article R. 53-16 and, at his request, the members of the committee provided for in the same article shall have permanent access to the file and to the place where it is loc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation prior to disciplinary action

Article R4443-11

…e applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version set out in Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations set out in II. II.- For application in New Caledonia and F…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-54-1

…le chief executive officer may be held in a controlled company within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which he is chief executive officer;-an individual holding a position as chief…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-67

…ffice as managing director may be held in a controlled company within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 by the company of which that person is a member of the management board or sole managing director…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1-1

…public health, in the event of a serious and exceptional health risk, as provided for inarticle L. 16-10-1 of the Social Security Code, in particular an epidemic, requiring the urgent adoption of app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-6

…licable, those of his lawyer, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article 712-16-3. If the convicted person is detained, this hearing may take place in the prison. The provisions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

…n or the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.At the end of the period provided for in article L. 526-16, the undertaking loses the status of electronic money institution and must have changed its corpo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Simplified tax regimes

Article 302 septies A ter A

…merchant status that are controlled by a company that prepares accounts pursuant to Article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, legal entities subject to the regime defined in Article 302 septie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-8

…bing, the characteristics of vaccine-preventable diseases, the traceability of vaccinations and the main recommendations of the vaccination calendar and, for administration, the normative framework an…

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