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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

…the missions of the national public education service under the conditions set out in articles L. 421-23 et L. 913-1 of the Education Code. The second and third paragraphs of this article shall apply…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-4-2

…pality or the State, with the exception of the tasks mentioned in article 23 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service for municipalities and publ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

…y on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium within 90 working days of 1 January of each year. The description of the steps taken, including the resources deployed, during t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Uses of the professional prevention account

Article L4163-7

…mployees who have not reached their sixtieth birthday. IV - For people aged at least fifty-two on 1 January 2015, the scale for acquiring points credited to the professional prevention account and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…l elected representatives is to manage the individual right to training provided for by articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 and the article L. 121-37-1 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article R1453-14

…y to which the public official concerned reports, pursuant toArticle 10 of Decree no. 2020-69 of 30 January 2020 relating to ethical controls in the civil service; 3° A summary, in French, of the rese…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe VI

…as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the right to access a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-43

…most representative organisation of the institutions mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service; For the appointment of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3381-2

…L. 3112-3, the word "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3113-1, the words "mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the Labour Code" and "mentioned in article L. 344-2 du code de l'action sociale et des fam…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3351-2

…3112-3, the word: "other" is deleted;2° In article L. 3113-1, the words: "mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the Labour Code", and "mentioned in article L. 344-2 du code de l'action sociale et des fa…

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