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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-18

If agreed, the Prefect will send work permits for contracts of more than three months or seasonal work contracts to the French Office for Immigration and Integration.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Allocation de professionnalisation et de solidarité et allocation de fin de droits.

Article D5424-50

The specific unemployment compensation allowances referred to in article L. 5424-21 take the form of: 1° A professionalisation and solidarity allowance; 2° An end-of-rights allowance.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose, organisation and operation

Article D6352-29

The business centres are set up in premises separate from the work premises, in such a way as to ensure that, while participating in the activity, where appropriate, employees are gradually trained or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6145-2

The budgetary and accounting year covers the period from 1st January to 31st December of the same year, except in the case of a new establishment coming into operation for the first time or a definiti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…partment's collection of administrative acts; 3° Functional allowances provided for in article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, contrib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-1

…to Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition, it is responsible for issuing, amending and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-2

…omy abroad;2° To exporters for the transactions provided for in article 53 of law no. 48-1516 of 26 September 1948, fixing the assessment of the ways and means of the general budget for the financial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-1

…g due in respect of the payment of the retirement equivalent allowance provided for in Article L. 5423-18, as it read prior to 1 January 2009, and the sums remaining due in respect of the flat-rate bo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-4

…quirements of Article 44 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications and who, without holding one of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-8

Decisions by each college are taken by majority vote. In the event of a tie, the vote of the college chairman shall be decisive. Each college adopts its own rules of procedure.

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