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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-38

For the application of the provisions of article R. 6341-37, the competent prefect is: 1° Either that of the département in which the head office of the institution responsible for managing the remune…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment

Article R6341-36

Depending on the case, the body to which management has been entrusted, or the Agence de services et de paiement, or the President of the Regional Council, will set the amount of remuneration to be pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Grants

Article D6352-39

The grant application must be submitted within ten days of the end of each calendar quarter to the Regional Director of Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. It must be accompanie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Label.

Article R5132-38

…° The name of the contents ; 2° The gross mass and tare weight corresponding to the packaging used; 3° Indication of origin: the name and address of the manufacturer, distributor or importer; 4° A sku…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Commissary.

Article L154-3

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 148-1 to L. 148-3 is punishable by a fine of €3,750 and, in the event of a repeat offence, a fine of €7,500.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition

Article R6144-3

…nt ;2° Elected representatives of the heads of internal structures, departments or functional units;3° Elected representatives of the establishment's permanent practitioners;4° Elected representatives…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions required for full adoption

Article 370-1-3

…hed filiation only in respect of that spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee;3° Where the parent other than the spouse, partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee ha…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 339

…acities of the witnesses he wishes to be heard; failing this, the forgery registration shall lapse. 3. This declaration is received and signed by the judge and the court clerk, if the declarant cannot…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 337

1. Customs reports drawn up by a single officer are authentic until proven otherwise. 2. In the case of offences recorded in a report following a paper audit, proof to the contrary may only be provide…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 336

1. Customs reports drawn up by two customs officers or officers of any other administration shall be deemed authentic until a forgery has been recorded in respect of the material findings they describ…

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