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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: State financial assistance

Article D1143-15

If the company fails to comply with the contract for mixed employment and professional equality between men and women, the State aid will be repaid.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-15

…ried out. Their purpose, for the work as a whole or for the public contracts concerned alone, is to:1° To draw up all the execution plans and specifications for use on the site, as well as the corresp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-17

I.-Personal data recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 6351-13 is kept for the purposes of the checks provided for in article L. 6361-2 throughout the period of validity of the declaratio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-17

In the event of absence, suspension, dismissal or any other impediment, the mayor is temporarily replaced, in the fullness of his duties, by a deputy in the order of appointment and, in the absence of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-17

…iate, forward to the Minister for Research, within the two-month time limit laid down in Article R. 1232-18, any information in his possession which is likely to make it possible to assess the need fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-17

…ncy in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon includes specific territorial actions as provided for in article L. 1441-6. Where appropriate, it may incorporate national risk management programmes.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-17

On receipt of the complete file from a person mentioned in Article R. 812-15, a receipt is issued. The national commission will issue a reasoned decision within four months of the receipt being issued…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-25-1

…eferred to the court is subject to a mobile electronic anti-seizure device provided for in articles 138-3 of this code and is sentenced, with provisional execution, either to a fixed term of imprisonm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-4

…part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund mentioned in Article L. 1621-4, a statement of expenses for reimbursement.Travel and subsistence expenses are reimbursed to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VD

I. - The gross capital loss realised on the property or rights designated in articles 150 U to 150 UC is not taken into account.II. - In the event of the sale of a property acquired by successive frac…

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