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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: First demand guarantee and personal and joint surety

Article R2191-39

Where the contract holder is a joint and several grouping, the substitution guarantee is provided by the authorised representative for the total amount of the contract.Where the contract holder is a j…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: First demand guarantee and personal and joint surety

Article R2191-37

The substitution guarantee shall be drawn up in accordance with a model set by an order of the Minister for the Economy appended to this Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and organisation of safety information and training

Article R4141-3

…of safety training is to instruct workers in the precautions to be taken to ensure their own safety and, where appropriate, that of other people working in the establishment. It covers : 1° Traffic co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

When the user company hires, after an assignment, an employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-31

Exclusion from the course may be ordered by the Board on disciplinary grounds after the person concerned has been given the opportunity to present his defence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-30

At the end of the traineeship, the Board shall issue a certificate of aptitude for the profession of auctioneer to the trainee who has demonstrated his/her aptitude to practise the profession.If not,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Service vouchers

Article D7125-32

…following that in which it was awarded, with a certificate stating the total amount of aid received and specifying that it is non-taxable. The annual declaration provided for by Article 87 of the Gene…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Service vouchers

Article D7125-30

To be eligible for the financial assistance provided for in article L. 7125-23, the elected representatives concerned must produce any document proving the use of a universal service employment cheque…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Service vouchers

Article D7125-31

…amount of this aid is equal to that set by article D. 7233-8 of the Labour Code, per calendar year and per beneficiary who has used one or more services financed by this aid. It may not exceed the co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals.

Article L1242-3

…uitment of certain categories of unemployed persons ; 2° When the employer undertakes, for a period and under conditions determined by decree, to provide additional vocational training for the employe…

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