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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19

…y an employer with a view to hiring a child to carry out the activity mentioned in 5° of article L. 7124-1 must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° A birth certificate for the employer or it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific rules for negotiating unemployment insurance agreements

Article L5424-23

…and the body responsible for managing the unemployment insurance scheme mentioned in article L. 5427-1, as well as qualified personalities. These representatives are appointed by the State. A decree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Tasks

Article D6323-20-4

…ining, authorising and paying for the professional transition projects provided for in article L. 6323-17-2 and the professional retraining projects provided for in 4° of I of article L. 4163-7; 2° Ex…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-19

…d as winter sports and mountaineering resorts and having a land use plan that was enforceable on 10 January 1985 or a local town planning plan, the provisions of article L. 342-18 apply from the date…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-23

Where the agreement provided for in article L. 5422-20 has not been signed by all the representative employers' and employees' organisations, the Prime Minister may approve it in accordance with a pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Adjustable prices

Article R2112-13

A reviewable price is a price which may be modified, under the conditions set out in this article, to take account of economic variations.A contract is concluded at a reviewable price where the partie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-19

…in a company or in an establishment of a company mentioned in 1° to 10° of article R. 5142-1 on 22 March 2003 are deemed to meet the conditions of practice mentioned in articles R. 5142-16 to R. 5142…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

…" are mentioned;2° The reference to Article L. 355-5 is replaced by the reference to Article L. 385-7 and the reference to Article R. 355-7 is replaced by the reference to Article R. 385-18.II. - Chap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Article R122-20

…rm that they have produced as soon as they make them available to the disabled persons mentioned in 7° of Article L. 122-5. With regard to their technical characteristics, the costs of their preservat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HL

…inister for the Economy, Finance and the Budget may order the tax reduction provided for in article 199 unvicies the year in which it was made.

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