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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L6222-5-1

…the apprentice training centres and apprenticeship sections. The first paragraph of article L. 6222-18 is applicable at the initiative of the apprentice or one of the employers. The apprentice has an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-8

…ication of article L. 5124-17-2; 6° Failure to send the declarations referred to in article L. 5121-18 to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by 31 March of the cur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

…hs) law no. 2006-1771 of 30 December 2006 L. 5211-17-2 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-18 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5211-19 (with the exception of the fourth paragraph) Act no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…8° Articles R. 6323-15 and R. 6323-16 relating to refusals to cover expenses; 9° Articles D. 6323-18-1 to D. 6323-18-4 relating to payment methods.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-1

…y the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014; (b) Clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R155-2

…d; 6° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 are deleted; 7° The references to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protec…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R156-2

…d; 6° References to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 are deleted; 7° The references to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passengers' rights and obligations; 2° Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-12

…give rise to a right to compensation under the conditions set out in articles L. 125-17 and L. 125-18.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-9

…eir securities, shares or units, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 125-17 and L. 125-18.

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