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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-5-1

A declaration by an organiser of a tourist package or by a professional facilitating a tied travel service that he is acting exclusively in his capacity as provider of a travel service, as an intermed…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-5-2

A fixed-term employment contract may only be terminated once the labour inspector has established that the termination is not related to the performance of the occupational physician's duties and does…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7111-5-2

A copy of the code of ethics provided for inarticle 2 bis of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press is given to all journalists when they are hired and to all journalists already employed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-54-1

Leave is granted each year, at the employee's request, regardless of age: 1° To any employee appointed to sit on a voluntary basis on the administrative or management body of an association governed b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-3

The aim of the recruitment procedure as a hospital practitioner is to fill vacant posts in a centre of activity of a public health establishment, as declared by the Director General of the National Ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-5-1

Any natural person who has signed an application or a life insurance or capitalisation contract may cancel it by registered letter or by electronic registered mail, with acknowledgement of receipt, wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18-5

Councils are elected by a majority of the members present or having voted by post or electronically.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the composition of the various councils and disciplina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-5

The masseur-physiotherapists of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are subject to the jurisdiction of the departmental council of the order of masseur-physiotherapists of Guadeloupe.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Setting up.

Article L3334-5-1

A collective retirement savings plan may provide for default membership by the company's employees, unless the latter advise otherwise. Employees are informed of this clause under conditions laid down…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-5-1

I.-The criteria for classifying a situation as a risk in the management of a patient's state of health due to the unavailability of a medical device shall be laid down by regulation.The manufacturers…

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