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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-207

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles R. 214-32-9 to D. 214-33 apply to funds covered by this sub-section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-20

…rs make it impossible for the establishment to fulfil its missions, the representative of the State may request that the establishment be automatically dissolved, which shall be pronounced by a decree…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Training costs

Article R2315-20

Travel costs for training of members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee are paid by the employer at the rate of the second class rail fare applicable to the most direct route…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-20

The requirements of article R. 2224-10 must be satisfied, in Mayotte: - by 31 December 2020 at the latest for communes all or part of whose territory is included in a sanitation agglomeration whose po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Care without consent

Article R6123-200

…be authorised for "child and adolescent psychiatry". Exceptionally, a minor over the age of sixteen may be cared for by a holder of both the "care without consent" and "adult psychiatry" authorisation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local conciliation commission.

Article R6142-20

…matter to the Ministers for Higher Education and Health. Subject to the provisions of article L. 6142-12, these ministers take a joint decision after having heard the representatives of the two contr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 419

…es free of charge. However, the guardianship judge or the family council if it has been constituted may authorise, depending on the importance of the assets managed or the difficulty of exercising the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-4

…hat the proceedings do not concern him or her. When the request is made by the parties, the hearing may also be refused if the judge does not consider it necessary for the resolution of the dispute or…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to operate as an operator

Article L212-4

Authorisation is subject to payment of a fee to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. This fee is set at a flat rate of sixteen euros for each screening room in a cinema and five euros f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Takeover bid

Article L2312-49

By way of derogation from article L. 2312-14, an employer who launches a public takeover bid for the capital of a company is not required to consult the social and economic committee prior to such lau…

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