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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-9

The financial aid mentioned in articles R. 5132-7 and R. 5132-8-1 is paid, on behalf of the State, by the Agence de services et de paiement. This aid cannot be combined with any other State-funded emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-16

The junior doctor may benefit, after receiving the opinion of the medical committee, from a return to part-time work under the conditions laid down in articles L. 323-3 and R. 323-3 of the Social Secu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-27

…ich they cease to benefit from the allowances and reimbursements provided for in 2°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 7° of article D. 6153-10-1 and the provisions of articles R. 6153-11 to R. 6153-18 and R. 6153-25.Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…t investment services providers;5° Market undertakings;6° Clearing houses for financial instruments;7° The collective investment schemes referred to in I of Article L. 214-1 and the collective investm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-12

When the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons decides, pursuant to Article L. 754-7, not to rule under the accelerated procedure, it shall send its decision to the author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations

Article L7122-14

The Assembly of French Guyana may not deliberate unless the absolute majority of its members in office are present.However, if on the day fixed by the notice convening the Assembly does not meet in su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Temporary absences to prepare for professional or social reintegration and temporary absences to maintain family ties

Article D143

Sentenced persons incarcerated in a remand prison, a central prison, a semi-liberty centre and, where they are of age, in a specialised juvenile prison may be granted temporary absences of up to three…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

…he forfeiture of parental authority or the withdrawal of all or part of the rights attached thereto;7° Expulsion orders issued against foreign nationals ;8° Convictions handed down by foreign courts w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-9

The procedures established by the agents mentioned in article L. 1454-6 against a person mentioned in article L. 1453-4, on the basis of the offence defined in article L. 1454-7, are reported, as soon…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-26

…ilities;4° Editorial expenses;5° Promotion and marketing expenses;6° Subtitling or dubbing expenses;7° Overheads, up to 10% of the expenses mentioned in 1° to 6°.

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