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Showing 32613270 of 40133 articles for Art. CA Versailles 7-3-2024 n° 22/05759

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-78

…essional branch, determines the level of funding for the apprenticeship contract depending on the vocational diploma or qualification being prepared. This level corresponds to an annual amount. The le…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Borrowings

Article D6145-70

…nancial independence ratio, which results from the ratio of outstanding long-term debt to permanent capital, exceeds 50%; - the apparent duration of the debt exceeds ten years; - the outstanding debt,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition, appointment and term of office.

Article R5312-7

…ointed by the Minister for the Budget; - a representative appointed by the Minister for National Educationa representative appointed by the Minister for the Budget; - a representative appointed by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1

If it is necessary to carry out technical or scientific findings or examinations, the public prosecutor or, with the latter's authorisation, the officer or agent of the judicial police or, under their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2

…imprisonment equal to or exceeding ten years for an offence mentioned in Article 706-53-13, parole cannot then be granted: 1° Only by the sentence enforcement court, regardless of the length of deten…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for calculating the amount of the advance

Article R2191-7

…ich the accounts have been closed exceeds 60 million euros;3° 10% for public contracts awarded by local authorities, their public establishments and their groupings, whose actual operating expenditure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-7

…L. 713-4 of the Educa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External fire protection

Article R2225-7

…ints;2° The accessibility, numbering and signposting of these water points;3° Upstream of them, the carrying out of works, developments and work required to guarantee the permanence and volume of thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-7

…ct to the provisions of article L. 4124-10-1, the disciplinary chamber of first instance of the medical and dental surgeons' orders shall sit with the regional or inter-regional council and hearings s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-7

…mmediately after the election of the mayor and deputy mayors, the mayor reads out the charter for local elected representatives provided for in article L. 1111-1-1. The mayor provides the municipal co…

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