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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employment contract

Article L812-1

The provisions of articles L. 129-5 to L. 129-12 apply in the overseas departments and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon when the universal employment-service voucher is in the nature of a special payment vouc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…ent contract of a domestic employee by a private individual;4° Redundancy covered by article L. 321-12 ;5° Resignation due to a change in the spouse's place of residence, resulting from a change in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Leave

Article R6152-358

…period and in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 6152-824; 11° To training leave; 12° To special leave of absence which may not be split in the following cases and conditions: a) Fiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quality control

Article D6221-23

…s. This report is presented to the National Medical Biology Commission mentioned in Article L. 6213-12. It is made public by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…e . In the absence of an agreement within twelve months of the publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021 transposing Article 2(6) and Articles 17 to 23 of Directive 2019/790 of the European Par…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L592-2

…of the provisions of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° With the exception of articles L. 511-7, L. 512-2, L. 520-1, L. 521-3, L. 521-14, L. 531-26 to L. 531-28, L. 531-30, L. 561-3, L. 561-5, L. 581-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…he Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, shall apply to branches authorised in accordance with I of this Article. III.-The provisions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-3

…the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 6122-23 to D. 6122-44-1. The documents in the supporting file provided for in article R. 6122-32 are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-2

…projection of fragments, thermal, toxic or telluric, occurring as a result of a pyrotechnic event; 12° "Domino effect" means any pyrotechnic event occurring in one or more installations, the effects…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK III

Article

…11° The contracts of the author(s), scriptwriter(s), writer-director(s) and technical director(s); 12° A detailed production estimate showing: a) Expenditure for which the taxes and charges are locat…

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