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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Salary

Article D6325-14

Employees under the age of twenty-six who are holders of a professionalisation contract receive a minimum wage for the duration of the fixed-term employment contract or the professionalisation action…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article D6325-19

In the event of suspension of the employment contract with total or partial retention of the employee's gross monthly remuneration, the number of paid hours taken into account for the calculation of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Accounting obligations

Article D6352-17

The chart of accounts applicable to training providers is approved by a joint order of the Minister of Justice, the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Vocational Training. This order is issu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Accounting obligations

Article D6352-18

Bodies involved in activities designed to validate acquired experience keep separate accounts for this activity when they simultaneously carry out several other activities.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to apprenticeships

Article D6522-1

The provisions of Book II relating to apprenticeships are applicable in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Accounting obligations

Article D6352-16

Private training providers prepare their annual accounts in accordance with the accounting principles and methods defined in the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Self-employed managers of food retail branches

Article D7322-1

The administrative authority referred to in article L. 7322-4 is the Minister for Employment. He takes the decisions mentioned in the same article by decree.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers

Article D7233-11

Before 1st February of the year following the year in which the aid paid by the social and economic committee or the company during the previous year was granted, the employer provides the beneficiary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial assistance for employees, company directors or managers

Article D7233-10

Within the first ten days of January of the year following the year in which the aid is granted, the social and economic committee that pays the financial aid will send the company the identity of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional journalists

Article D7522-1

The procedures for applying the provisions of articles R. 7111-2 to R. 7111-35, relating to the professional identity card and the professional journalists' identity card commission, are determined in…

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