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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-8

The Prefect may grant a derogation from the weekly working hours of the holder of a fixed-term contract concluded in application of article L. 1242-3 for all employees of an integration workshop or si…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article D5134-146

Adult intermediaries may not carry out any act relating to the maintenance of public order and may not be employed in functions whose sole purpose is to provide services in the homes of natural person…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-11

Approval or renewal of approval may only be granted when the guarantees provided to the children with regard to their physical and psychological safety are sufficient. As part of the examination of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-3

Approval, or renewal of approval, may only be granted when the child's physical and psychological safety is sufficiently guaranteed. As part of the examination of the application, the administrative a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-1

…must specify the nature and origin of the products offered and the period during which the offer is maintained by the advertiser. The indication relating to origin shall be in characters of a size equ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-23

…tuation has been rectified. These measures will be accompanied by a daily penalty payment of up to €150 per square metre illegally operated. In the case of permanent points for the withdrawal of retai…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-29

…lectivité de Corse par application des dispositions de l'article L. 318-2 of the town planning code;15° Expenditure on the maintenance and construction of commercial and fishing seaports;16° Expenditu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-20

…12 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-13 to L. 526-14 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 526-15 Act no . 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-16 to L. 526-18 Act no . 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 52…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article D1611-35

…r-communal cooperation establishments with a population of less than 5,000, the threshold is set at 150% of actual operating revenue; 2° For communes and inter-communal cooperation establishments with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Financial imbalance

Article D6143-39

…llowing criteria for financial imbalance are met: 1° For establishments whose total income from the main profit and loss account exceeds ten million euros, the main profit and loss account shows a def…

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