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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing obligations of employers with at least eleven employees

Article L6331-4

…the private sector;3° Skills development for employees of companies with fewer than fifty employees;4° Training for jobseekers;5° Personal training accounts.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-4-1

…loyment contract due to the nature of the activity carried out and the temporary nature of this job;4° When the contract is concluded to ensure the replacement of one of the persons mentioned in 4° an…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-5

…testing department of the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage ;2° For the data mentioned in 4° and 5° of the same article, the agents of the analysis department of this agency;3° For all the d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Coordination of regional cooperation between the French West Indies and French Guiana

Article R*4433-29

The consultation body established by article L. 4433-4-7 is called the Antilles-Guyane regional cooperation conference. The conference is informed of the cooperation policies and programmes conducted…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Management mandates

Article D518-45

…penalties to which the parties are exposed in the event of a breach of the contractual obligations; 4° The frequency of repayment of any revenue collected by the agent; 5° Where applicable, the amount…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-45

…revenue; 2° The opinion of the agency's medical commission; 3° The opinion of the Agency Committee; 4° The table of permanent posts mentioned in 11° of article L. 6431-6.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-49

The employees mentioned in 1° to 4° and 9° to 11° of Article L. 5212-13 benefit, at their request, under the appropriate measures provided for in Article L. 5213-6, from individualised timetable adjus…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

An investment holding company is a financial institution the subsidiaries of which are exclusively or mainly investment firms or financial institutions, at least one of which is an investment firm whi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-11

Prior to the meetings, the employees' representatives on the European Works Council or the officers, where applicable enlarged in accordance with Article L. 2343-4, may meet without the company manage…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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