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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-24

…t contract, is an employment contract under private law, either for a fixed term, concluded in application of article L. 1242-3, or for an indefinite term. It covers jobs designed to meet unmet collec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Installation aid

Article R444-24

Installation aid may only be granted in respect of services subject to tariffs and for a maximum period of thirty-six months following that of installation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-24

The pharmacist in charge and the interim pharmacist(s) in charge of the Agence nationale de santé publique are appointed by the Director General of this establishment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions applicable to the automatic release under constraint provided for in II of article 720

Article D147-24

Release under constraint as of right is applicable even when proceedings are pending before the sentence enforcement courts. On the other hand, it does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

…ers are appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Environment, on a pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Teaching and research activities

Article R6133-24

As part of the activities mentioned in articles R. 6133-22 and R. 6133-23, the General Meeting may authorise the grouping, on a subsidiary basis and in compliance with its corporate purpose, to regist…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-29

The investigating magistrate shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing State of any other freezing or seizure measure of which the property concerned by the freezing order is the subject.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-24

The standardised models for the statistical statements referred to in articles R. 1614-22 and R. 1614-23 are set by joint orders of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Sea.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Compagnie Nationale and the regional companies

Article R821-24

The regional companies of statutory auditors established by Article L. 821-6 include the statutory auditors attached to them pursuant to article R. 822-1.When regional companies are grouped together p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the mayor

Article R434-24

The mayor, if approached for this purpose by the prefect or, in Paris, by the police prefect, has two months in which to forward to the latter his opinion on the applicant for family reunification's c…

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