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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-112

…cle L. 5314-1 or in 1° bis of article L. 5311-4 or by the person mentioned in 2° of article L. 5134-19-1. An assessment of the beneficiary's career plan and the follow-up given to the future job is ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operational preparation for employment

Article L6326-1

…yee recruited under a fixed-term or open-ended contract concluded in application of article L. 5134-19-1, or under a fixed-term contract concluded in application of article L. 1242-3 with an employer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-7

…of the sums collected as security to the revenue agent under the conditions defined in articles R. 19 and R. 21. Depending on the initial decision that led to the creation of the security, it is indi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: National Commission for Voting Operations

Article R2122-44

…n one region; 2° Ensuring that electors are provided, on the website referred to in Article R. 2122-19, with election propaganda documents for all the candidatures referred to in Article R. 2122-38; 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-4

…ith details of the areas pre-empted; 2° Notices of invitation to tender issued under article R. 218-19 of the town planning code, together with a statement of the environmental clauses and real enviro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-82

…8 of this Code, and R. 622-1, R. 622-2, R. 622-4, R. 622-6, R. 622-7, R. 622-8, R. 622-11 to R. 622-19 and R. 622-22 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code relating to home detention under electronic survei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations relating to the freezing of assets

Article R773-41

I. - In application of 8° of article 6-2 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, articles R. 562-1 to R. 562-9 are applicable by operation of law in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Military personnel serving in the French army

Article R4061-2

…is the Minister of Defence. For the application of the provisions of articles R. 1453-13 to R. 1453-19, R. 4113-109 and R. 4113-110 to these professionals and students, the Minister for Defence exerci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-13

…e check and the supporting documents requested using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. The structure has six weeks to respond. If the information requested is not provided within the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Flat-rate tax on pylons

Article 1519 A

…ate tax is introduced on pylons supporting power lines with a voltage of at least 200 kilovolts. In 2023, the amount of this flat-rate tax is set at €2,800 for pylons supporting power lines whose volt…

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