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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

Attached practitioners are eligible for promotion to the 12th step according to the following terms: 1st step: one year. 2nd step: two years 3rd step: two years. 4th step: two years. 5th step: two yea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L2123-30

…ty within which the elected official holds office contributes up to the limit set out in article L. 2123-27.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L3123-25

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected departmental representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were cons…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L4135-25

Retirement pensions already paid and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by regional elected representatives continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they were constituted or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-23

…the commission shall undertake to draw up the conciliation proposal provided for in Article L. 615-21.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative police measures

Article R784-7

…olumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-30n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-30-1No. 2014-1357 of 13 November 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-1

…tended by periods of five years up to a maximum of twenty-five years.Designs filed before 1 October 2001 remain protected, without possible extension, for a period of twenty-five years from their fili…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-22

…reclassification leave, it begins on expiry of the response period provided for in article R. 1233-21.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: European companies

Article L322-29

…se, in accordance with the provisions of Article 8(14) and Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 referred to above, the transfer of the registered office of an insurance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R2333-108

…road permissions or by all the works constituting a direct line within the meaning of the décret n° 2001-366 du 26 avril 2001 susvisé, établie en vertu de permissions de voirie, sont fixées par le con…

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