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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-18

Where an employee who has suffered an accident or contracted an occupational disease has a fixed-term employment contract, the employer may only terminate the contract during the periods in which the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-18

…ting from the grouping continues to be governed by the rules governing health cooperation groupings and is required, in addition, to comply with the rules applicable to private health establishments.I…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 quindecies

Taxpayers, domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B and who are accommodated in an establishment or in a service mentioned in 6° of I of Article L. 312-1 of the code de l'action sociale e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Guaranteed representation of funds, professional civil liability, remuneration and continuing professional training.

Article R814-18

…tice. The board responsible for counting the votes comprises the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer of the fund's board of directors. The candidates who obtain the highest number of vote…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of engagement.

Article R4532-18

A legal entity able to assign a competent natural person to this role may be appointed as coordinator.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-1

…ties may also appeal the orders provided for by the ninth paragraph of Article 81, by Articles 82-1 and 82-3, and by the second paragraph of Article 156. In this case, the information file, or a copy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Final provisions

Article L1254-18

…is Code do not apply, with the exception of Articles L. 1242-10, L. 1242-16, L. 1243-1 to L. 1243-6 and L. 1243-8.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article R229-18

…authorised to receive legal announcements in the department of their respective registered offices and in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires when the company's shares are admitted to trad…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Economic intervention

Article R4424-18

The secretariat of the committee is provided by the minister responsible for regional planning.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article R5211-18

…1 are audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts and by the chairman of the body in question for bodies not subject to such an obligation.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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