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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Reunion, the contributions mentioned in Title III of Book I of this Part may only be managed by cross-industry skills operators, with the exception of cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Presumption of salaried status.

Article L7313-1

Any agreement, the object of which is representation, concluded between a traveller, sales representative or sales representative and an employer is, notwithstanding any express stipulation in the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of performance times.

Article L7422-1

In professional branches employing homeworkers, the table of times required to carry out work in series and those that can be described in advance for the various articles and the various categories o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracting authorities

Article L1211-1

Contracting authorities are:1° Legal persons governed by public law;2° Legal persons governed by private law created for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, other than those…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-12

If the checks are carried out following a traffic accident that occurred under the conditions set out in Article L. 3354-1, the officer or agent of the judicial police shall send : 1° The first blood…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-12-1

Persons belonging to the health reserve provided for in article L. 3132-1, carrying out an activity as part of a commitment to serve in the operational reserve provided for in article L. 4211-1 of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-10

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may use a simplified calculation for a specific risk sub-module or module where this is justified by the nature, scale and complexity of the risks they face and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

Investment service providers other than asset management companies that execute client orders shall monitor the effectiveness of their order execution arrangements and execution policy in order to ide…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-18

The insurer is not liable for :a) damage to or loss of property resulting from the inherent vice of the insured object, except as provided for in article L. 173-4 with regard to latent defects in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disclosure of leasing transactions.

Article R313-14

I. - Commercial companies which use leasing transactions to acquire capital goods, equipment or buildings for professional use and which do not benefit from the simplified presentation regime, as prov…

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