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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-5

…opinions during meetings of the college or sanctioning or dismissing them, in breach of article L. 4532-11 ; 2° Failure to mention in subcontracting contracts the obligation to participate in an inter…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-2

…latter has undertaken in writing to send him the information mentioned in b of 2° of article R. 132-5-1. II - Such an agreement is not required in the case of the marketing of contracts mentioned in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-5

…n 2° to 4° of I of Article L. 6131-1 and, where applicable, from 1 January 2024, those mentioned in 5° of the same I, as well as the contributions mentioned in II of Article L. 2135-10, subject to the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-51

…tions:1° The production company requests the use of the financial envelope in sums of a minimum of €25,000 for the production of each work;2° The production company may request the use of up to 20% of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Decisions.

Article R464-5

…ion, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or the Rapporteur General of the Autorité de la concurrence may also send a request to the Director General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical transport.

Article L6312-5

…th agency and with regard to the call reception and regulation centres mentioned in article L. 6112-5;the conditions under which the regional health agency organises the departmental on-call service e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-50

For the period between 29 September 2021 and 28 December 2021, the rates are set at :- 273.99% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 150.69% when the total reve…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Abnormally low tenders

Article R2152-5

…ser who finds that a tender is abnormally low as a result of the tenderer having received State aid may reject the tender on this ground alone only if the tenderer is unable to demonstrate, within a s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Supply contracts of contracting entities

Article R2153-5

…ries and sectors covered, on the date of its publication, by an agreement mentioned in Article L. 2153-2 is specified as necessary by an order of the Minister responsible for the economy. This order a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Portion of contract performance reserved for SMEs

Article R2213-5

…tly or indirectly, to the small and medium-sized enterprises or craftsmen mentioned in article R. 2151-13 is set at 10% of the estimated value of the partnership contract, excluding financing costs, e…

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