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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Activity and positions.

Article R6152-418-3

A contractual practitioner holding a fixed-term contract concluded on the basis of article R. 6152-402 is entitled to : 1° Annual leave under the conditions laid down in the Labour Code ; 2° Sick leav…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract

Article R6222-3

The apprenticeship contract specifies : 1° The full name of the employer or the name of the company ; 2° The number of employees in the company, within the meaning of article L. 130-1 of the Social Se…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-38

I. - The bearer may exercise his remedies against the endorsers, the drawer and the other obligees:1° On maturity, if payment has not taken place;2° Even before maturity:a) If there has been a total o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exemptions

Article 35 ter

Individuals who sell electricity produced from installations with a power output not exceeding 3 kilowatts peak, which use the sun's radiative energy, are connected to the public network at no more th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals employed under fixed-term employment contracts

Article L421-3

A foreign national who works as an employee under a fixed-term employment contract or who is seconded in accordance with articles L. 1262-1, L. 1262-2 and L. 1262-2-1 of the Labour Code will be issued…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article R212-31

The vocational diploma is awarded by the rector of the academic region:-alone, in the case of a speciality created by the ministers responsible for youth and sport ;-jointly with the competent authori…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L3123-32

Decrees shall determine the conditions of application of this Section either for all professions or branches of activity or for a particular profession or branch. If, in an occupation or branch, the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article L814-3

The purpose of a fund with legal personality and managed by the contributors is to guarantee the reimbursement of funds, effects or values received or managed by each court-appointed administrator and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 18: Maximum limits for pesticide residues in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin

Article R412-34

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 2 to 5 and 18 to 20 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 200…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Persons authorised to practise the profession of pharmacy assistant

Article D4241-3

Candidates for the "brevet professionnel de préparateur en pharmacie" must, on the date on which they sit the examination as a whole or the last unit entitling them to the award of the diploma, provid…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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