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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Status of attached practitioners

Article R6152-600

The provisions of this section shall remain applicable only to practitioners attached in post on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to the new rules applicable…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-6

…efectoral order determines the composition of the departmental commission for cinema development. Local elected representatives are appointed in the capacity in which they are required to sit. The per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-6

…the sale, the sale has already been the subject of information pursuant to article 18 de la loi n° 2014-856 du 31 juillet 2014 relative à l'économie sociale et solidaire.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Increase in the fixed procedural fee in the event of a conviction for driving after using substances or plants classified as narcotics

Article A38-6

…t ten, of the maximum compensation provided for by 10° of Article R. 118 of this code for toxicological analyses to establish the presence of narcotics in the blood, in the event of a conviction for d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-6

…hief Executive Officer shall set up, either within a group of hospitals or within a hospital:1° A local hospital medical committee ;2° (Repealed)3° A local nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems

Article L762-6

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the surrender of a foreign national who, having exercised a right of mobility, does not meet the conditions for residence on French territory

Article L621-6

…reign national and his or her family members, admitted to reside in the territory of that State and carrying out an intra-group temporary posting in accordance with Directive 2014/66/EU of the Europea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-63

Disputes relating to a temporary assignment between the employee and the user public entity managing a public administrative service are brought before the administrative courts.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-62

…o be linked to the legal entity governed by public law by a three-year fixed-term contract. In this case, the employee's seniority is assessed from the first day of the assignment. This is deducted fr…

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