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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-14

I.-The minimum period required to acquire 240 euros on the personal training account corresponds to :1° For civic service, a period of six continuous months ;2° For the operational military reserve, n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition of the national conference

Article R 1424-59

The Conférence nationale des services d'incendie et de secours is made up of forty-three full members appointed by order of the minister in charge of civil protection as follows: a) One Member of Parl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-58-1

…ls from other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to practise the profession of nurse in France underarticle L. 4002-5 of the Public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…ce of a collective agreement or in the event of an agreement not covering all of the points mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 1233-24-2, the administrative authority shall approve the document drawn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Medical Risk Observatory.

Article D1142-64

The Medical Risks Observatory has nineteen members: 1° The President of the Haute Autorité de Santé (Health Authority) referred to in Article L. 161-37 of the Social Security Code; 2° The Director of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article D2621-1

The following provisions apply in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° The criteria for trade union representative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-4

The shareholders' equity referred to in 2° of article L. 3324-1 includes capital, additional paid-in capital linked to share capital, reserves, retained earnings, provisions which have been taxed as w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-2

To take part in the campaign for the referendum, groups of elected representatives, political parties and groupings that meet the conditions laid down in Article LO 1112-10 submit a request for author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-2

To take part in the campaign for the referendum, groups of elected representatives, political parties and groupings that meet the conditions laid down in Article LO 1112-10 submit a request for author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions of transfers of competence

Article D6271-1

The additional financial burdens resulting for the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy from the new powers attributed to it by Book II of Part Six (legislative) are subject to financial compensation, thr…

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