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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Holiday villages

Article L325-1

The State determines the procedures for classifying holiday villages, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree. The establishment is classified by the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2315-17

The training is provided either by a body appearing on a list drawn up by the administrative authority under conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, or by one of the bodies mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2315-16

…vided for in this chapter is taken from working time and is paid as such. It is not deducted from delegation hours.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-44

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, shareholders who have been registered for at least two years and who together hold at least 5% of the voting rights may form…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-11

For each examination session, the training organisations will set up a panel of four people from the list for the department in which the theory tests are held. Each panel may include a maximum of one…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-13

Masters of ceremony who may avail themselves of the provisions of article R. 2223-50 are deemed to satisfy the diploma requirement mentioned in Article L. 2223-25-1.Funeral advisers and similar person…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-14

Masters of ceremony, funeral advisors and similar, managers and directors who have completed the training courses provided for respectively by articles R. 2223-43, R. 2223-45 and R. 2223-46 and who pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-16

The directors or managers of companies, régies or associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-12

Participation in the work of the jury provided for in article D. 2223-55-11 gives rise to the payment, by the training body, of remuneration, equivalent to that received by public employees who partic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-17

In application of the decree no. 2007-1845 of 26 December 2007 relating to the lifelong professional training of local authority civil servants, advanced training provided during the course of a caree…

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