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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article R4733-13

…new young people under the age of eighteen, whether workers or trainees, in application of article L. 4733-10, the employer may ask the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consumer Affairs,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Territorial health project

Article R1441-13

…received by the Prefect within three months for the five-year review provided for in 2° of article L. 1434-2 and two months for the other reviews, from the date of publication of the electronic consu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-13

…in the form. In addition to the information mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 1142-7, this list includes, in particular, a medical certificate attesting to the precise extent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 nonies

…e Commission nationale des comptes de campagne et des financements politiques instituted in Article L. 52-14 of the Electoral Code finds that a political party or grouping is in breach of the obligati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article R483-13

To ensure that a document falls within the prohibition set out in article L. 483-5, the judge may request the opinion of the competent competition authority and send it the relevant document. This opi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-13

…onging to the State or the département is made available, the establishments referred to in article L. 3221-4 may only carry out enlargement or demolition work with the agreement of the local authorit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

…o the care that the person is likely to receive. If the person is hospitalised pursuant to articles L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code, the prohibitions to which he or she is subject ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-132

…e undertakings, are not required to obtain the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1 and are exempted from observing the management rules which would normally be applicable to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 E

…ldings used for residential purposes, belonging to low-income housing bodies referred to in article L. 411-2 of the French Construction and Housing Code or semi-public companies whose statutory purpos…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-132

…given in collaboration with the sports federations, holders of the delegation instituted in article L. 131-14, for the practice of physical and sports activities by disabled people.

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