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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-80

Until the level of funding is determined, the skills operator pays the apprentice training centre an annual lump sum set by order of the ministers responsible for vocational training and the budget in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Control

Article R6332-95

The control officers mentioned in article L. 6361-5 are authorised to control the income and expenditure of the joint collecting bodies in respect of the personal training account. Any use of funds th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-24

…being prosecuted before the French courts or if the French courts have decided not to institute proceedings or to terminate them;2° Si la personne recherchée pour l'exécution d'une peine ou d'une mes…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter XI: Sharing capital gains on the sale of shares with company employees

Article L23-11-2

…n article L. 23-11-1 is set out in an agreement between any holder of securities and the company concerned, which undertakes to transfer the amount resulting from the sharing commitment to the employe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-2

For public contracts awarded in accordance with a formalised procedure, the estimated value of which, excluding tax, taken individually, is equal to or greater than the European thresholds listed in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-2

…re system who are in a similar or identical situation and whose common cause is a failure by a producer or supplier of one of the products mentioned in II of article L. 5311-1 or by a service provider…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of article 175, ar…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-6

…the expiry of the periods granted under article L. 412-3, any eviction order that has not been enforced by 1st November of each year shall be suspended until 31st March of the following year, unless t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1471-1

…for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia to public contracts and concession contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the powers devolve…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1461-1

…in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia to public contracts and concession contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the powers devolve…

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