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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Financial contributions from municipalities, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation and the département to the budget of the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-35-1

In compliance with the rules laid down in the public procurement code, the département may, on behalf of and at the request of the public establishment referred to in the first paragraph of article L.…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-1

…ly payment of 685 euros when they follow a training course approved under the conditions set out in 1° and 2° of article L. 6341-2.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-3

…graph of article R. 134-4 may only take place if it enables the following two conditions to be met: 1° The amount of the diversification provision corresponding to the guarantees covered by 1° of arti…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to offences leading to the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-7

When offences subject to the fixed fine procedure are likely to result in a reduction in driving licence points, the characteristics of the forms used by the ticketing officer, the dimensions of which…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-26-5

When the director of the establishment makes his decision subject to a ban on the practitioner carrying out a lucrative private activity within a maximum radius of ten kilometres of the public health…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing and registration of the declaration

Article R6351-5

The declaration of activity must be accompanied by the following supporting documents: 1° A copy of the proof of attribution of the SIREN number; 2° Bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record of the direct…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-3

Time off used in application of articles L. 7227-1 et L. 7227-2 may not exceed half the legal working time for a calendar year.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-14

…eposited no later than the filing date of the patent application and the description shall specify: 1° The information available to the applicant on the characteristics of the micro-organism; 2° The a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-6

When the person concerned has exhausted the rights opened at the time of a previous admission and fulfils the conditions allowing him/her to benefit from rights in respect of one or more activities ex…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-11

…ardised information relating to the use of the regional apprenticeship and vocational training fund:1° Information relating to training actions or units: numbers enrolled, trainee hours and regional o…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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