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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-17

An entreprise de travail temporaire d'insertion may enter into open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-10-15 up to 20% of the number of full-time jobs for integration set out in the agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-15

When appliances and products are supplied by establishments with one or more sales outlets, each sales outlet must have at least one professional trained and competent under the conditions defined in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-12

The cumulative result defined in II of article D. 3661-11 is allocated, when it is a surplus: 1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6361-12

The accumulated result defined in article D. 6361-11 is allocated, in the case of a surplus:1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the cl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6261-12

The accumulated result defined in article D. 6261-11 is allocated, in the case of a surplus:1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article D6214-1

The declaration referred to in Article D. 6211-14 is sent, for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence and appearing on the list provided for in II of Article L. 6…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organ transplants

Article D1234-1

The provisions of article L. 1243-1 are applicable to bone marrow. For the application of these provisions to bone marrow, the issue of the authorisation referred to in Article L. 1243-1 is subject to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Police powers relating to specific objects.

Article D2573-17

I. - The articles R. 511-1, R. 511-3 to R. 511-12 of the Construction and Housing Code are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptation provided for in II. II. - For the ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-104

The National Council of the Order of Nurses sends the body responsible for managing the register referred to in Article D. 4113-118 a monthly update of the data resulting from the operations provided…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-15

The ceilings provided for in articles D. 3324-10 and D. 3324-12 apply to the total profit-sharing allocated to each employee.

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