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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-8-2

The fixed-term employment contract referred to in 6° of Article L. 1242-2 is concluded for a minimum period of eighteen months and a maximum period of thirty-six months. It may not be renewed.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Commission du contentieux du stationnement payant (Pay parking disputes commission)

Article L2333-87-2

…ssion du contentieux du stationnement payant rules on appeals against individual decisions relating to parking charges.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-8

…e platform manager shall issue any applicant with a statement of the pledged goods and the related storage receipts or indicate the absence of a pledge on the goods..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-2

Producers or the eco-organisation to which they belong pursuant to article L. 541-10 of the Environment Code provide pharmacies and pharmacies for internal use, free of charge, with packaging designed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-8

…the end of the suspension period, the secretariat of the departmental committee asks the petitioner to send it, within two months, an update of the information contained in the application file for a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-2

As part of an operation to monitor the routing or transport of objects, goods or proceeds derived from the commission of one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1or 706-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-83-2

…r, where applicable, of the specialised committee on health, safety and working conditions referred to in Article L. 1432-11, may, on his own initiative or at the request of a full member of the Commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-2

…al retraining project mentioned in 4° of the I of article L. 4163-7 is supported by one of the operators financed by the institution mentioned in article L. 6123-5 as part of the professional developm…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

No new securities may be issued pursuant to the articles of this section with the exception of those issued pursuant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-8

…t or his delegate. The appeal shall be heard and determined in accordance with the rules applicable to proceedings with compulsory representation, subject to the time limits for the submission and not…

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