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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5-1

The recruitment on an open-ended contract of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-5-1 is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, the t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-20

The card issued in application of 2° of article L. 424-19 may not be withdrawn by the administrative authority when the community of life has been broken off due to family or marital violence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-19

…'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales. It may be renewed once. When seconded, they are assessed by the Chairman of the National Medical Accide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-268

…ares to capital shares. They are appointed for the same term as the other directors and, like them, may be re-elected. However, their term of office ends if they cease to be employees of the Company a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Judgement

Article R1454-26

…decision to make up for the employer's failure to issue the certificate provided for in article R. 1234-9, the decision on the merits of the case by the Judgement Office is notified to the Pôle emploi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article L225-205

…whose claims predate the date on which the minutes of the deliberations are filed with the registry may lodge an objection to the reduction, within the period set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. A co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Implementation of the guarantee

Article R1251-20

…he temporary employment contractor is considered to be in default within the meaning of article L. 1251-52 if, at the end of a period of fifteen days following receipt of a formal notice, it has not p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regional and interregional councils

Article R4322-26

…region or inter-region is less than or equal to 1,000, greater than 1,000 and less than or equal to 2,000, greater than 2,000 and less than or equal to 3,000, or greater than 3,000 respectively.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-48

…an Economic Area, any person, with the exception of the persons mentioned in 3° of IV of Article L. 233-7, who holds, alone or in concert, by virtue of one or more temporary sales of these shares or a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-1

The metropolitan authority's budget is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the metropolitan authority are forecast and authorised. The budget voted must be balanced in terms of expe…

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