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Showing 39413950 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with professional integration

Article L5134-114

…isation of the structure employing the beneficiary of the future employment, the supervision and mentoring conditions and the qualification or skills to be acquired during the future employment period…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-127

The remuneration paid for a job as a teacher of the future may be combined with any higher education grants that the person concerned may also be receiving. At his or her request, the beneficiary of a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-10

…s mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to the State, its public establishments and unauthorised purchasers

Article R2223-1

…the agreement of the ministers responsible for the budget and the economy.Their agreement is deemed to have been reached in the absence of an express response within one month of receipt of the draft…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Decisions that may be taken at any stage of the procedure

Article R721-1

In the event of an asylum application being rejected, the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall inform the competent Prefect of the documents…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-11

…e conditions when payment of the cheque is refused for another reason if the funds are insufficient to allow payment. A new refusal to pay a cheque that has already been registered is not registered.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-14

Incidents are recorded in chronological order, each assigned a number in an unbroken annual series. The records provided for in articles R. 131-12 and R. 131-13 are kept and must be able to be substan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-13

Any banker who receives notice from the Banque de France, pursuant to article R. 131-42, of a ban on issuing cheques concerning a person holding an account in his establishment shall record this notic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-12

The drawee banker's record of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds includes the following information for each incident: 1° The account number, whether it is an individual account or a c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of death prior to sampling and conditions for taking samples

Article R1232-1

If the person is in persistent cardiac and respiratory arrest, death can only be established if the following three clinical criteria are simultaneously present: 1° Total absence of consciousness and…

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