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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-5

…paragraph whose remuneration is greater than or equal to the interprofessional minimum growth wage may not be less than the hourly rate of the interprofessional minimum growth wage. The employer rece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Lifelong vocational guidance

Article L6111-5

…ality standards drawn up by the region on the basis of specifications that it adopts, organisations may be recognised as participating in the regional public lifelong guidance service if they offer an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Maintenance and operation of facilities

Article R1321-56

…ws no sign of deterioration in quality, the person responsible for water production or distribution may ask the Prefect to reduce the frequency of emptying, cleaning, rinsing and disinfection. If this…

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

Article D5424-56

The involuntarily unemployed workers referred to in Article L. 5424-21 may benefit from: 1° A single entitlement to the end-of-rights allowance when they have less than five years' continuous seniorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

…cope of 1° of Article L. 313-1 or not constituting a credit transaction for an amount in excess of 75,000 euros intended to finance expenditure on the repair, improvement or maintenance of residential…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-5

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of health professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical physicist nationals…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-9

…f the Republic, of foreign deeds and instruments, provided for in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting rules for transfers of supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article L384-5

…provided for in Articles L. 384-1 to L. 384-3, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, at the request of the undertaking or fund receiving the contracts, authorise that undertaking o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings and assignment of remuneration

Article L722-5

…management of assets; they also entail a prohibition on taking any guarantee or security.The debtor may, however, apply to the protection litigation judge for authorisation to perform one of the acts…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-5

The following may not directly or indirectly hold a fraction of the share capital of a company operating a private medical biology laboratory 1° A natural or legal person practising a health professio…

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