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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-10

A report evaluating the guarantees granted under a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 is submitted each year to the Minister for the Economy by the body responsible for managing the scheme, with a view to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-1

Failure by a holder of sealed radioactive sources to comply with : 1° The obligation laid down in the first paragraph of II of Article R. 1333-161; 2° The obligation laid down in the second paragraph…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-10

In the first paragraph of Article R. 712-1, the words: "of the establishments of the network of chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words: "of the chamber of agriculture, commerce,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Occupational health services

Article R4822-1

The decision provided for in article L. 4822-1 is taken by the Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon on the proposal of the Director of Social Cohesion, Labour, Employment and Population, noting the abs…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Bed and breakfast.

Article D324-15

…of the municipality in which the dwelling concerned is located by electronic means, by registered letter or by handing it in at the town hall, and must be acknowledged. The declaration must specify t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with training and professional integration

Article L5134-123

…t. It must mention the course of study in which the student is enrolled and the state-organised competitive examination(s) for the recruitment of primary or secondary school teachers for which he or s…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-37

…or are likely to be implicated. 4° If there are one or more related offences under the conditions set out in Article D. 47-1-34, it is specified whether the maximum custodial sentence incurred for th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment terms

Article R2392-12-1

…ds to : 1° When invoices are sent by electronic data interchange, the date on which the State's budgetary and accounting information system time-stamps the arrival of the invoice or, for invoices sent…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-115-1

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the agency and working conditions committee in application of the eighth paragraph of 1 of I of article L. 1432-11 in regional health…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-17

The Prefect's decision is sent to the structure for integration through economic activity, by any means that confers a date of receipt, no later than five months after the notification referred to in…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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