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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions and components of the public employment service.

Article L5311-2

The public employment service is provided by : 1° State departments responsible for employment and professional equality ; 2° The public institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 ; 3° The establishme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Public declaration of interests

Article R1451-3

I.-Declarations of interest are drawn up and updated, in accordance with the specifications set out in the standard document provided for in II of article R. 1451-2, by electronic declaration on a sin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-3

I. - The persons referred to in 5° of Article L. 631-2 must inform the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board:1° The interests they held during the two years preceding their appointment, that they…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-9

As an exception to the provisions of the first three paragraphs of Article L. 324-17, the approved organisations mentioned in Article L. 134-3 use the sums collected for the exploitation of unavailabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article L6242-1

I.-An additional apprenticeship contribution is payable annually by companies with at least two hundred and fifty employees who are liable for the apprenticeship tax in application of article L. 6241-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in compl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Live performance promoters established in France

Article R7122-6

Any change in the information contained in the declaration must be notified to the Regional Prefect within fifteen days of this change, by updating the declaration using the teleservice mentioned in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-3

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a company must meet the following conditions: 1° The majority of the company's voting rights are held by statutory auditors or firms of statutory au…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L836-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° In Title I, the word: "France" is replaced by the words: "New Caledonia"; 2° Monetary values expressed in euros are replaced by their equivalent v…

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