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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of posting

Article R1263-4

…number for the purposes of liability to value added tax or, if it does not have such a number, the references of its registration in a professional register or any other equivalent references, the su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D142

…he same grounds, be ordered prior to the execution of the leave. To this end, the judge may issue a warrant to bring in or arrest pursuant to the provisions of article 712-17. The decisions provided f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article A36-10-3

…delinquency. Criminal procedure applicable to minors. Supervision of the judicial police. Judicial warrants. Trial courts. General criminal law Criminal law: - general principles; - application of cr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-1

…of which is determined, without prejudice to statutory, contractual or conventional indemnities, by reference to a scale set by decree according to the employee's length of service.The minutes recordi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12-1

…1242-2, it also includes :1° The words "fixed-term contract for a defined purpose";2° The title and references of the collective agreement establishing this contract;3° A clause describing the project…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-3

…member. A decree specifies the organisation of this network; 2° On a network of national centres of reference for the fight against communicable diseases, the designation procedures and missions of wh…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Persons responsible for the amicable recovery of debts

Article R124-4

…for payment of the debt;5° Reproduction of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 111-8.The references and date of dispatch of the letter referred to in the first paragraph are recalled when a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 G

…B exceeds the sum of the turnover referred to respectively in III and IV of the same article in the reference year or the sum of the turnover referred to in V of the same article in the current year.T…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-25

…ted by the operators or managers in accordance with the requirements of the relevant standards, the references of which are published in the Journal officiel de la République française. The operators…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-210

…nal qualification and the professional qualification required on national territory, is assessed by reference to the training for the following two diplomas, insofar as they include theoretical and pr…

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