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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-7

The civil solidarity pact is dissolved by the death of one of the partners or by the marriage of the partners or one of them. In this case, dissolution takes effect on the date of the event. The civil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-2

On pain of nullity, there may be no civil solidarity pact: 1° Between ascendants and descendants in the direct line, between relatives in the direct line and between collaterals up to and including th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions to the protection of business secrecy

Article L151-7

Business secrecy is not enforceable where obtaining, using or disclosing the secrecy is required or authorised by European Union law, international treaties or agreements in force or national law, in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions to the protection of business secrecy

Article L151-8

In proceedings relating to an infringement of business secrecy, secrecy is not enforceable where it was obtained, used or disclosed:1° To exercise the right to freedom of expression and communication,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions to the protection of business secrecy

Article L151-9

In proceedings relating to an infringement of business secrecy, secrecy is not enforceable where: 1° The business secret was obtained in the context of the exercise of the right to information and con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article R5134-171

In each education authority concerned, a committee chaired by the education authority rector or his representative checks whether applicants for a teaching post of the future meet the conditions enabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article R5134-172

On the basis of an application file, the content of which is set by order of the Minister for National Education, the committee gives an opinion on the suitability of candidates for a teaching post.Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article D5134-178

The tutoring of students recruited on jobs for the future as teachers is provided by a teacher appointed by the academy rector. In agricultural education, the regional director of food, agriculture an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article R5134-174

The monthly salary of the beneficiary of a job with a future as a teacher is equal to the product of the amount of the interprofessional minimum growth wage multiplied by the average monthly number of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article R5134-169

Students on a teaching contract for the future must hold a higher education scholarship for the academic year in which they are recruited. This status is checked each time the contract is renewed.

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