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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Leave

Article R6153-1-11

…y and childcare leave for the periods and according to the procedures laid down in article R. 6152-819.He also benefits from parental presence leave, parental education leave and family solidarity lea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Organisation of care.

Article L1411-11-1

A primary care team is a group of healthcare professionals formed around primary care general practitioners, who choose to carry out their primary care activities as defined in article L. 1411-11 on t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Article 238 bi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-11-1

Where the employer proposes that the contractual employment relationship be continued after the expiry of the fixed-term contract in the form of an open-ended contract for the same or a similar job, w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11-6

…frastructures, benefit from the provisions set out in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 332-11-1 of the French town planning code as it stood prior to Law No. 2014-1655 of 29 December 2014…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-2

The political, catastrophic and monetary risks covered under the guarantee referred to in article R. 442-11-1 are realised under the following conditions.The political risk arises when performance of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-11

In the event of a civil conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products and the materials and implements used…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-10

The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected for outstanding commitments.The outturn balance of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of compassionate access authorisations

Article R5121-74-11

Any measures taken by the holder of the exploitation rights to disseminate any information relating to the compassionate access authorisation from which it benefits to the healthcare professionals con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L23-111-1

…r the terms of this title: 1° Exercising at least the same powers as those mentioned in article L. 23-113-1; 2° Composed of at least five representatives of representative employers' professional orga…

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