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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-4

…employment contract stipulating a salary set as a result of such a procedure is automatically null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-2

An employment contract of indefinite duration is the normal and general form of employment relationship.However, an employment contract may include a term fixed with precision at the time of its concl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5

Any jurisdiction clause included in an employment contract is null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-3

…ntract shall include an explanation of the foreign term in French.Where the employee is a foreigner and the contract is in writing, a translation of the contract is drawn up, at the employee's request…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 221-4

…must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Be set up as a commercial company and have a fully paid-up share capital of at least €15,000. Compliance with the condition relating t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 221-3

The beneficiaries of financial aid for the distribution of cinematographic works are distribution companies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-2

…ponding qualifications. However, doctors who qualified before 31 December 1952, veterinary surgeons and dentists who qualified before 31 July 1950, and midwives who qualified before 31 July 1948 are p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Registration, amendment, deletion and filing requirements

Article R123-239

…red to in article R. 123-1, within one month prior to the declared date of commencement of activity and, at the latest, within fifteen days of the date of commencement of activity. Any legal entity re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Registration, amendment, deletion and filing requirements

Article R123-242

For the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 123-36 and for the natural persons mentioned in 4° and 5° of the same article who have chosen to practise under the limited liability sole trader r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Registration, amendment, deletion and filing requirements

Article R123-241

Unless otherwise provided, any person referred to in Article L. 123-36 shall file the documents required to be appended to the National Register of Companies within one month of the date on which the…

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