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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8254-4

…pter and for sharing the cost of the contribution where there is more than one contracting party shall be specified by decree.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Title VII: Provisions relating to the lifelong vocational training of public servants.

Article L970-4

In the light of their needs, the administrations and public establishments of the State implement a professional training policy for the benefit of their employees and contribute to interministerial t…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414-1

The penalties provided for in the first paragraph of Article 414 shall apply : 1° Exporting native gold from French Guiana either without an itemised declaration or under cover of an itemised declarat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 415-1

For the purposes of Article 415, the funds or digital assets referred to inArticle L. 54-10-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code are presumed to be the direct or indirect proceeds of one of the offenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Publicity for regeneration projects

Article R752-44-14

Where the commercial development falls under article L. 752-1-1, the project owner must publish a notice of the opening to the public in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the département,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Population of the municipality.

Article D2573-13-4

In addition, a new supplementary census may not be carried out for the same municipality after the allocation of a new fictitious population in the year following the first allocation and preceding th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R3123-19-4

The member of the departmental council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training sends the manager of the fund mentioned in articl…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R4135-19-4

A member of the regional council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund mentioned in Article…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-1

The agreement referred to in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the possibility for the body that has signed the agreement as a workshop and work integration site to set up periods of work experience f…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-8

The terms and conditions for the application of this section shall be determined by decree, in particular:1° The provisions of section 2 of this chapter which apply to the nationwide deployment of a l…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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