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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition

Article L3123-1

A part-time employee is an employee whose working time is less than : 1° The legal working time or, where this is less than the legal working time, the working time agreed for the branch or company or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-1

…itle, the following are deemed to be: 1° Distance contract: any contract concluded between a trader and a consumer, under an organised distance sales or service-provision scheme, without the simultane…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-1

…y proceedings, may enjoin, subject to a fine, the manager of any legal person to file the documents and deeds in the register of commerce and companies to which that legal person is required by legisl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Commission for the recognition of qualifications

Article A212-175-10

…ion of its chairman. The commission's secretariat is provided by the sub-directorate for employment and training in the sports department.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-5-1

…at may give rise to a conditional dispensing prescription as referred to in article L. 5121-12-1-1, and without prejudice to the information provided for in article R. 5132-3, the prescriber, when he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-3-1

…to use in another Member State of the European Union include the information provided for in 1°, 3° and 7° of article R. 5132-3 and also indicate: 1° The common name of the medicinal product prescribe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-107

The purpose of the pre-qualification course referred to in article A. 212-104 is to check the candidate's aptitude and enable him/her to acquire leadership and safety skills that will enable him/her t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-102

…cateur sportif" mentioned in article D. 212-70 is a professional diploma. It attests to the ability and qualification of its holder to teach physical and sporting activities in all forms, in particula…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-105

The sportsmen and women mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article D. 212-73 may obtain the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du premier et du deuxième degré at the end of a course of study adapted…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Presentation of the diploma

Article A212-103

…mination; 2° Or at the end of a training course under the responsibility of the Minister for Sports and assessed by continuous assessment of knowledge. Candidates for this training must pass one or mo…

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