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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Entreprises de travail temporaire d'insertion.

Article L5132-6

…eople. These people may be offered a shorter working week than the minimum mentioned in article L. 3123-6 if this is justified by the integration programme. The activities of temporary work integratio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Territorial professional health communities

Article D1434-44

The territorial health professional community set up under the conditions of article L. 1434-12 may, in application of article L. 1434-12-1, pay allowances or remuneration to its members. The allowanc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-30

…concerned:1° Either one of the contracts provided for in articles L. 1435-3, L. 1435-4 and L. 6147-12 ; 2° Or a specific contract.This contract specifies the purpose of the actions, experiments or st…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-1

…down in this chapter is subject to the control of the judicial authorities referred to in articles 12 and 13. Any person on national territory must agree to submit to an identity check carried out un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Private-law dispensers.

Article L6352-9

…interest groups are audited by a statutory auditor, under the conditions set out in article L. 251-12 of the French Commercial Code, when their annual turnover exceeds an amount determined by decree…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7227-15

The articles L. 7227-12 to L. 7227-14 do not apply to study trips by councillors to the Assembly and members of the Executive Council. The deliberations relating to these trips specify their purpose,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R1132-5

…particular within the multidisciplinary centres for prenatal diagnosis mentioned in article R. 2131-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conduct of the treatment order.

Article R3711-20

…hout delay by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The provisions of articles R. 3711-12 to R. 3711-17 then apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-73

…self-employed workers begins when the self-employed activity ends, which must be within a period of 12 months prior to the day before registration as a jobseeker or, where applicable, the first day of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article R5141-86-2

…veterinary use is prohibited. However, holders of the authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-12 may distribute information about their activities to veterinarians only. This information must co…

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