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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-39

…dults with disabilities or difficulties adapting to life, as provided for in 2° of I of article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles ; b) The establishments and services for assist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-35

…S or Master II in psychology; 11° A person who has worked as a primary or secondary school teacher; 12° A person with at least one year's experience as a technical manager or technical advisor in an e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information obligations on the establishment

Article R3211-31-1

…y judge in order to have a seclusion or restraint measure lifted, in application of article L. 3211-12. This information is given at the time of the first renewal of a seclusion or restraint measure t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article R2531-31

…tend committee meetings.The committee meets at least once a year. In application of article L. 2531-12 it is asked for its opinion on the distribution of credits from the solidarity fund for municipal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article R4413-10

…The general conditions for awarding grants and loans; 11° The allocation of these grants and loans; 12° The operations provided for in 3° of Article R. 4413-1; 13° The acceptance of donations and lega…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-16

…th regard to the inadmissibility provided for in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 4234-12 of this Code, the request for regularisation may take the form of a formal notice signed by the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-1

…opriate security conditions. II. - The employers mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 5422-12, or their third party declarants within the meaning ofarticle L. 133-11 of the Social Security Co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-35

…Articles R. 212-28,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-17

…e creditors of the individual limited liability entrepreneur mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 526-12 in place of the latter, without this substitution entailing novation in their regard.The creditor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 tertricies

…aph of article 302 bis ZJ, from online horse betting mentioned in article 11 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the online gambling sect…

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