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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-12

The contractor awards the sub-contracts under the conditions defined in sub-section 3.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-12

Applications for authorisation are examined by local government departments.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Determining the amount of the allowance

Article D553-12

To determine the amount of the allowance, unmarried children are taken into account, on the date the application is registered, provided they are dependent on the recipient.Resources received by the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-12

…e rates applied are increased each year in a proportion equal to the growth rate of the consumer price index excluding tobacco for the penultimate year. However, when the rates thus obtained are numbe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with training and professional integration

Article L5134-122

Local public education establishments and local public agricultural education and vocational training establishments that conclude contracts to recruit a student under a future teacher's job benefit f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with training and professional integration

Article L5134-124

…lve months, renewable each year, up to a total period of thirty-six months, without being able to exceed the term of the employment contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with training and professional integration

Article L5134-123

The application for assistance with training and professional integration describes the content of the proposed post, its position in the organisation of the establishment to which the student is assi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-12

If they are not already financed by a body responsible for financing continuing professional training for salaried employees or jobseekers, training expenses incurred by the beneficiary of the introdu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)

Article R1115-12

Commission members are entitled to reimbursement of their travel expenses.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Disclosure of real estate leasing transactions.

Article R313-12

…ublicity, depending on the stipulations they contain, with the land publicity department in accordance with the procedures laid down for contracts of the same nature governed by articles 28 and 37 of…

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