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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Caretakers and employees of residential buildings, domestic staff and personal services

Article R7524-2

…the words: "L. 241-10 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "28-8-1 of Ordinance no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18

The apprenticeship contract may be terminated by either party up until the end of the first forty-five days, consecutive or otherwise, of practical in-company training completed by the apprentice. Aft…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

I.-For the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R. 5126-1, with the exception of army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides, the applicati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-152

…a noxious and unintended response to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 ; 2° "Serious adverse reaction": an adverse reaction which is lethal or life-threatening, or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article R1453-14

…from the authority to which the public official concerned reports, pursuant toArticle 10 of Decree no. 2020-69 of 30 January 2020 relating to ethical controls in the civil service; 3° A summary, in F…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-18

…Damage to property covered by the guarantee fund in application of the 2nd paragraph of article R. 421-1 is any damage resulting from an accident involving a land motor vehicle in circulation, as well…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

…would have been established for that same year without application of A of XVI of Article 34 of Law no. 2010-1658 of 29 December 2010 on amending finance for 2010, in the version in force on 31 Decemb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties and powers of the pharmacists responsible.

Article R5124-36

…be placed on the market in the European Union, that the safety features referred to in Article R. 5121-138-1 have been affixed to the packaging in accordance with the conditions laid down in Articles…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

The coefficients applicable to works in the fiction genre are determined as follows:I. - The works are divided into two groups:1° First group: works whose French hourly expenditure is equal to or grea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

…nterprise, an intermediate-sized enterprise or a large enterprise, as defined inarticle 3 of decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which an enterpris…

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