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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-23

The skills operators create a dematerialised service which publishes the following in a dedicated and identifiable section: 1° The list of priorities, criteria and conditions for covering the costs of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the work of public health institutions

Article R6146-21

Each healthcare professional who has concluded a contract as referred to in article R. 6146-17 sends the director of the establishment a monthly statement containing a list of the procedures performed…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-1

For the implementation of the provisions contained in articles R. 2324-34 and R. 2324-35, the collective crèches mentioned in 1° of II of article R. 2324-17 form their teams in such a way as to comply…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other prior declarations

Article R1221-33

The prior declaration must specify: 1° Which of the cases provided for in article L. 1221-17 it covers; 2° The name and address of the declarant; 3° The location of the establishment; 4° The exact nat…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Dormant accounts managed by the Office des postes et télécommunications

Article R753-5

Three months before the end of the period set out in the last paragraph of article L. 774-17, the Office des postes et télécommunications will notify account holders or their beneficiaries of the forf…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Remedies sought before the First President of the Court of Appeal

Article R36

Where it is clear that the applicant either does not meet the condition of having been remanded in custody during proceedings that have ended in his or her favour with a decision to dismiss, acquit or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-4

The patent application must not contain:1° Elements or drawings the publication or implementation of which would be contrary to public policy or morality;2° Denigrating statements concerning the produ…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1521-1

I.-Articles R. 1110-8 to R. 1110-14 are applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1215 of 2 October 2020 relating to the procedure applicable to refusa…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-9

Contractual agents of the establishment appointed to a post in a category or class higher than that to which they belonged or to a management post are classified at a step with an index equal to or, f…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter V: Attachment of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R525-3

At any time, the debtor may request that the safe be opened in the presence of the bailiff. The bailiff will then draw up a detailed inventory of the assets that have been seized as a precautionary me…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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