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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-57

The employee who returns to his initial activity at the end of parental education leave or a period of part-time work to raise a child is entitled to the professional interview mentioned in I of artic…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-5

The invention must be set out in the patent application in a sufficiently clear and complete manner to enable a person skilled in the art to carry it out. Where an invention involving biological mater…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil action

Article L621-5

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AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee profit-sharing and incentive schemes.

Article R212-5

The rules relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV of the Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-947 of 26 November 1987 setting the conditions for application of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Councils for culture, education and the environment (R).

Article R4432-5

The council for culture, education and the environment of the Guadeloupe region comprises twenty-five members including:1° Eight representatives of bodies involved in the cultural life of the region;2…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional requirements for work equipment serving defined levels by means of an enclosure.

Article R4324-52

The equipment is installed or fitted in such a way as to prevent the risk of persons coming into contact with the objects carried or any fixed or moving part located outside the passenger compartment.…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations to insure and declare remuneration.

Article R5422-5

In order to fulfil their obligation to register as defined in article L. 5422-13, employers who take on an employee for the first time and are required to insure them against the risk of loss of emplo…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-54

The Agence technique de l'information sur l'hospitalisation publishes, for each field of activity on which a study is to be carried out, a call for applications no later than 30 June of the year prece…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Apprehension in the hands of the person liable to surrender

Article R222-5

If the property has been apprehended in order to be returned to its owner, a copy of the deed provided for in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-50

When the presentation of the bill of exchange or the making of the protest within the prescribed time limits is prevented by an insurmountable obstacle such as the legal prescription of any State or a…

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