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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-2

The duration of the initiative-employment contract may not be less than six months, or three months for people who have been convicted and are benefiting from a modified sentence.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-70-2

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee at his or her request or no later than one month before the end of the initiative-emploi contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-1-2

In Mayotte, the contributions mentioned in Title III of Book I of this Part are managed by a single cross-industry skills operator.The conditions governing the designation and operation of this skills…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37-2

For the entire duration of their commitment and, after termination of their commitment, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months, volunteer fire fighters who have completed the training enabling…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-2

For contracts where the value exceeds a threshold set by decree, the Social and Economic Committee, acting on a proposal from the Contracts Committee, determines the criteria used to select the Commit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Economic intervention

Article L4424-28-1

The Corsican regional authority may participate, through the payment of grants, in the constitution of a guarantee fund with a credit institution or finance company whose exclusive purpose is to guara…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

No new securities may be issued pursuant to the articles of this section with the exception of those issued pursuant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Economic solidarity groups.

Article L5132-15-2

In order to promote coordination, complementarity and the economic development of the territory and to guarantee the continuity of pathways to integration, a legal entity governed by private law may c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-11

The suspension provided for in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 shall take effect on the date of the decision of the Sanction Commission or of the agreement provided for in article L. 232-21, except where…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Temporary storage (R).

Article R2213-29

After the coffin has been closed, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2213-20, it may be temporarily deposited in a religious building, a burial chamber, at the crematorium, in a depositor…

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