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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-4

…ons provided for in this section and with the exception of Articles L. 1251-14, L. 1251-15, L. 1251-19, L. 1251-26 to L. 1251-28, L. 1251-32, L. 1251-33 and L. 1251-36.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising rules

Article R2162-28

…blish a notice of the existence of such a system under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 2131-19 and R. 2131-20. This notice shall mention its purpose, its duration and the procedures for access…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-319

…professions authorised to know about it pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 2 du décret n° 2019-341 du 19 avril 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre de traitements comportant l'usage du numéro d'ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-3

…ctivities under the conditions provided for in this section, with the exception of Articles R. 1243-19 and R. 1243-24 which do not apply to them.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-10

…ecovery procedure. This letter reproduces the provisions of articles L. 645-8, L. 645-11 and R. 645-19 and includes as an annex a copy of the inventory of the debtor's assets and the list of claims de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-364

…the current contract without prejudice to the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 1226-19 of the Labour Code applicable to contractual practitioners.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…1311-4 of the Public Health Code and Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Building and Housing Code, as well as contracts awarded to deal with health h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

…July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat the epidemic linked to covid-19, subject to the adaptations provided for in this Article: 1° References to the département are re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-34

…the matter to the European Banking Authority and request its assistance, in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-7

…uthorisation of the supervisory ministers. Decisions relating to 4°, 6°, 7°, 9°, 13°, 14°, 15°, 16, 19° and 20° of article R. 5315-3 are enforceable after joint approval by the supervisory ministers.…

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