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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment of contributions by the State or the region.

Article L6342-2

When a vocational training trainee covered by an employee social security scheme is paid by his or her employer, the State contributes to the employer's social security contributions in the same propo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Simplified accounting presentation.

Article D123-200

For the application of articles L. 123-16 and L. 123-16-1:1° In the case of micro-enterprises, the balance sheet total is set at 350,000 euros, the net turnover at 700,000 euros and the average number…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-21

Until the expiry of the time limits for contentious appeals, the media files comprising the copy of source programmes and executable programmes, the voting materials, the count, results and backup fil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-20

The data relating to voters registered on the electoral roll as well as that relating to the expression of the vote shall be the subject, in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The community council.

Article R5215-2

When the decree or act referred to in article R. 5215-1 is issued within a period of one year before the general renewal of the municipal councils, the seats shall not be reallocated before this renew…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-284

All dental surgeons, when they are entered on the roll, must state before the departmental council that they are familiar with this code of ethics. They must inform the departmental council of any cha…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-283

Reasons must be given for any decision taken by the Dental Surgeons' Association in application of this Code of Deontology. Decisions taken by the departmental councils may be reformed or annulled by…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 286-1

When, as a result of a severance of proceedings, an appeal or any other cause, the assize court is seised only of the referral to it of one or more defendants, solely for an offence connected with a c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standards

Article D4622-47-2

The certification of inter-company occupational health and prevention services provided for in Article L. 4622-9-3 is issued by a certifying body accredited by the French Accreditation Committee or by…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determining the applicable collective agreement.

Article L2261-2

The applicable collective agreement is that governing the employer's main activity. In the event of several activities making the application of this criterion uncertain, collective agreements and pro…

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