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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-4

No recruitment may take place before the date on which the agreement is signed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-4

All employers, regardless of the size of their workforce, must identify in the nominative social declaration mentioned inarticle L. 133-5-3 of the Social Security Code, the information relating to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-43

In the event of late payment of contributions and late filing of salary declarations, the rate of increase provided for in Article L. 5424-17 is 1% per day of delay. This increase may only be applied…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: State employees.

Article D5424-46

In the case of salaried workers employed by the State, the Ministers concerned may, where necessary, lay down special arrangements for the application of this section.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-42

The Union des caisses de France-Congés intempérie BTP is authorised to obtain, through short-term loans, the sums necessary to enable the caisses de congés payés to make reimbursements pending collect…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Inspections and disputes.

Article D5424-44

The employer shall at all times present to the auditors of the paid leave funds the pay slips to enable them to check the accuracy of the amount of wages used to calculate the contribution, as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : State diploma for nurse anaesthetists

Article D4311-46

Nurses who hold the certificate of aptitude for the duties of anaesthetist assistant created by the decree of 9 April 1960 or who hold the State diploma of nurse anaesthetist may use the title of Stat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : State diploma for nurse anaesthetists

Article D4311-45

The State diploma of nurse anaesthetist is awarded by the regional prefect to holders of the State diploma of nurse or of another qualification enabling them to practise this profession or to holders…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in nursery nursing.

Article D4311-49

The diplôme d'Etat de puéricultrice is awarded by the préfet de région to holders of a nursing or midwifery diploma validated for the practice of the profession in France, who have passed the competit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4322-4

The training leading to the State diploma in chiropody and podiatry lasts three years, i.e. six semesters of twenty weeks each. The teaching is broken down as follows 1° Theoretical and practical trai…

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