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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-3

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Corsican Executive Council shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the operation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Age of admission.

Article L4153-4

The labour inspector may at any time require a medical examination of a young worker aged fifteen or over in order to establish whether the work assigned to him exceeds his strength. In this case, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-2

Employees placed on part-time work can benefit, during the periods when they are not working, from all the actions and training mentioned in articles L. 6313-1 and L. 6314-1 carried out in particular…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to private educational establishments under contract with the State

Article L5134-128

Subsections 1 to 3 of this section apply to the private educational establishments mentioned in articles L. 442-5 and L. 442-12 of the Education Code and article L. 813-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-3

The legal entities referred to in Article L. 6227-1 may enter into agreements with another legal entity governed by public law or with a company whereby part of the practical training is provided by t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-2

The training course referred to in 1° of Article L. 6313-1 is defined as an educational pathway leading to a professional objective. It may be carried out in whole or in part by distance learning. It…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-7-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 8114-1 and L. 8114-2, refusal to submit to the checks provided for in this chapter shall give rise to automatic assessment by the administration of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-5

Where the groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens is a legal entity governed by public law, it is subject to the rules of public accounting and has an accounting officer appointed under conditio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK I: TERRITORIAL AUTHORITY OF GUYANA

Article L71-110-3

Prior to the debates on the draft budget, the President of the Assembly of French Guyana shall present a report on the situation with regard to equality between men and women concerning the operation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-4

In Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the contributions dedicated to the development of vocational training and work-linked training are managed by a single inter-professional skills operator. The conditions u…

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