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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-25

The vocational certificate is obtained by accumulation of four units defined by order of the Minister for Youth and Sport, of which : - two are cross-disciplinary, whatever the speciality ; - two are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Information on vacancies.

Article L1251-25

At the request of a temporary employee who has been with the user company for at least six months, the user company will inform the temporary employee of any open-ended contract positions to be filled…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-25

The secretary and the members of the European Company Committee and its Bureau are entitled to the time necessary for the performance of their duties up to a limit which, save in exceptional circumsta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-25

…exceeded will benefit from an information and prevention visit as provided for in articles R. 4624-10 to R. 4624-21 carried out before being assigned to the workstation in order, in particular, to re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-25

…The newly appointed committee will examine the request under the conditions laid down in article R. 1123-23. A member of the committee which issued the unfavourable opinion may not sit on the committe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Sectors.

Article D4622-25

The inter-company occupational health and prevention service is organised into geographical, professional or inter-professional sectors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-16-1

…r interdepartmental councils by a decision taken at a plenary session, in the following situations: 1° Operational difficulties linked to the demographic situation of the profession of masseur-physiot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-1

The expert referred to in Article L. 225-209-2 is appointed unanimously by the shareholders or, failing this, by the president of the commercial court ruling on a petition at the request of the corpor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-16-1

…loans with credit institutions within the following limits and subject to the following conditions:1° The loan must be denominated in euros ;2° The interest rate may be fixed or variable;3° The index…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1636 B undecies

1. Communes and their public establishments for inter-communal cooperation that have instituted the tax for the removal of household waste in accordance with articles 1379-0 bis, 1520 and 1609 quater…

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