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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-11

The mobilisation of the rights mentioned in Article L. 5151-10 is financed : 1° By the State, for the activities mentioned in 1°, 2°, 2° bis, 5°, and 6° of article L. 5151-9, as well as for the activi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-5

Two or more pharmacies are authorised to group together if their original location is situated in a municipality with a number of pharmacies in excess of the thresholds provided for in article L. 5125…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article D1237-9

The period provided for in article L. 1237-19-4 begins on receipt of the complete file by the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. The file is complete when…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Maintenance file

Article R4211-3

When taking possession of the premises, and no later than one month thereafter, the project owner draws up a maintenance file for the workplaces and sends it to the users. This file includes, in addit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-18

The pharmacist in charge and the interim pharmacist in charge of the companies or organisations mentioned in 4°, 5°, 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 14° and 15° of article R. 5124-2 provide proof of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Funding and cash resources

Article D6323-21

I.-The regional cross-industry joint committees finance : 1° The educational costs, ancillary costs and costs relating to the validation of skills and knowledge for the professional transition project…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-93

Manufacturers who manufacture or process psychotropic substances or their preparations draw up an annual summary statement indicating for each psychotropic substance: 1° The quantities manufactured ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-72

The Articles of Association comply with the requirements of articles 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. They also state: 1° The surname, first names and domicile of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The territorial delegate of the Agence nationale du sport

Article R112-34

The regional prefect, in his capacity as territorial delegate of the National Sports Agency, is assisted by a deputy territorial delegate, who is the regional academic delegate for youth, commitment a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-25

The freelance administration company sets up and manages an activity account for each supported employee. The ported employee is informed once a month of the items charged to this account, and in part…

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