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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-346

…1° One month for contracts of six months or less; 2° Two months for contracts of two years or less; 3° Three months in all other cases. Service completed on a discontinuous basis is taken into account…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-33

The articles L. 2123-1 to L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7, L. 2123-8, L. 2123-9, L. 2123-12 à L. 2123-15, II and III of article L. 2123-20, II of article L. 2123-24, the III of article L. 2123-24-1, t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-35

…or of Paris. The functional allowance for deputy mayors of the arrondissements of Paris, Marseille and Lyon who are not municipal councillors or councillors of Paris is at most equal to that provided…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-34

The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are at most equal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-3

…f the file that must be attached to this application is set by order of the Minister for the Social and Solidarity Economy and the Minister for Employment. If the Prefect remains silent for two months…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Replacement.

Article LO6432-3

…uties of President shall be temporarily exercised by a Vice-President, in the order of appointment, and, failing this, by a Territorial Councillor designated by the Council. The Executive Council shal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930-3

…ened, he is in a state of need that would disappear if he had not renounced his reservatory rights; 3° The beneficiary of the renunciation has been guilty of a crime or an offence against his person.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…s not yet been concluded, the initial contribution may, on a provisional basis, give rise to a firm and manifest commitment by the publisher(s).The contribution from a publisher of on-demand audiovisu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-10

…311-9, for the benefit of automatic aid, the minimum proportion of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-8

To be eligible for automatic and selective financial support, audiovisual works must be financed by an initial contribution from one or more television service or on-demand audiovisual media service p…

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