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Showing 23712380 of 4145 articles for Art. Convention franco-américaine 1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4

The regional health agency may propose that contracted healthcare professionals, healthcare centres, healthcare clusters, healthcare establishments, accommodation establishments for the elderly and de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Statutory auditors

Article L511-39

I. - The provisions of articles L. 225-38 to L. 225-43 of the French Commercial Code apply to all credit institutions and finance companies.For the application of article L. 225-40 of the same code, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-20-1

I. - The medical services mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3115-8 and in the second paragraph of article L. 3115-9 contribute to the primary care services defined in article L. 1411-11.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Regional cooperation

Article R4433-37

An agreement between the State, represented jointly by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for Overseas France, and each of the local authorities mentioned in articles L. 4433…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks

Article R4021-7

The tasks of the National Agency for Continuing Professional Development are as follows:1° To steer the system of continuing professional development for healthcare professionals, whatever their statu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreement

Article R5132-12

The agreement concluded with an intermediary association includes in particular : 1° A presentation of the structure's integration project specifying : a) The general characteristics of the structure…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-2

A foreign national who has been residing legally in France for at least eighteen months, under cover of one of the permits valid for at least one year provided for by this Code or by international agr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article D113-6

The maximum amount of the sums paid by local authorities or their groupings to a company mentioned in article L. 122-1 in performance of service provision contracts, or any agreement whose purpose doe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-6

In the event of total or partial non-fulfilment of the notice period resulting either from the temporary or definitive closure of the establishment, or from the reduction of the working hours usually…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-11

The amount of the contribution paid by the company may not be less than twice the monthly value of the minimum growth wage per job eliminated. However, the administrative authority may set a lower amo…

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