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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article R1424-54

…service defines the general conditions for the organisation and assessment of training courses for professional and volunteer fire fighters. The content and assessment procedures for these training c…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Place of practice.

Article R814-53

…he judicial representative, whether a natural person or a legal entity, receives third parties in a professional capacity and carries out his legal duties, when it is located within the jurisdiction o…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-7

Health professionals who, for any reason whatsoever, permanently cease to practise a liberal profession within the framework of the conventional system automatically cease to exercise their mandate as…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employed persons

Article R4312-66

…cal authority or a public establishment is subject to a written contract, except in cases where the professional is a permanent employee of the State, a local authority or a public establishment and i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for the Paramedical Professions.

Article D4381-1

…r Health, the High Council for the Paramedical Professions is responsible for : 1° To promote inter-professional debate on : a) The conditions under which the paramedical professions are practised, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Training eligible under the personal training account

Article D6323-6

…le L. 6111-6. To this end, the holder of the account is informed of the possibility of contacting a professional development counselling body for support in considering his or her professional develop…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conduct of the appraisal assignment

Article R7343-107

The platforms' professional organisations shall provide the expert body with the information necessary for it to carry out its task within the time limits defined for each appraisal by the Director Ge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-13

Advertising to the public for a product or object defined in article R. 5134-11 may not include any element which : 1° Suggest that the effect of the product or object is guaranteed or that it has no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-13

…ed to payment rejection may be levied by an electricity and natural gas supplier on natural persons not acting for professional purposes who benefit from the energy voucher provided for in

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-46-1

…to his or her original job after the adoption leave referred to in this section is entitled to the professional interview referred to in I of Article L. 6315-1.

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