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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative

Article L7122-31

Each year, the State representative in the territorial collectivity informs the assembly of French Guyana, through a special report, of the activity of the State services in the collectivity.This spec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: Relations with the State representative

Article L7122-30

At his request, the president of the assembly of French Guyana shall receive from the representative of the State in the territorial collectivity the information necessary for the exercise of his powe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Rescue and fire-fighting

Article L2521-3

The Paris police prefect is responsible for fire and rescue services in the Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne departments.In this capacity, the Paris fire brigade is the territorially…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-3

The private practitioner chooses whether to receive his fees directly or, by way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 162-2 of the Social Security Code, through the hospital administration.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Financial and tax provisions

Article L4434-3

The allocation is made by the Regional Council under the conditions set out below: A. - Part of the proceeds of the tax is allocated to the regional budget. It comprises: 1° An amount equal to 10% of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Professional requirements

Article L511-3

Insurance and reinsurance intermediaries, natural persons who work for an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or an insurance or reinsurance intermediary, and who are responsible for the distribution…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Local services

Article L2144-3

Communal premises may be used by associations or political parties that so request. The mayor determines the conditions under which these premises may be used, taking into account the requirements of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-93

Only the expenses mentioned in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3121-32

A collective agreement at company or establishment level or, failing that, a branch agreement may fix a period of seven consecutive days constituting a week for the application of this chapter.

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