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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R6341-24-7

…6 is set by decree according to one or more of the following criteria: 1° Their personal situation; 2° Their age; 3° Their previous salaried activity; 4° The category of training course defined by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-42

Every three years, each professional is subject to an inspection covering all of his or her activity. As an exception to the previous paragraph, the person mentioned in III of Article L. 812-2 is subj…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R641-29

When the compulsory liquidation is ordered during safeguard or receivership proceedings, the liquidator shall complete the list of claims mentioned in Article R. 624-2. He deposits the completed list…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article D6124-284

For the paediatric surgical care referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 6123-202, the authorisation holder has at least one interventional unit with protected access on site, as well as medical devi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Espoirs and national team athletes

Article A231-4

…he national teams mentioned in article L. 221-2 must take into account: 1° The age of the athlete ; 2° The athlete's training load; 3° The specific physical demands of the sport; 4° The morbidity and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-22

…pport:1° Either the publication or re-publication of a specific cinematographic or audiovisual work;2° Or the publication of a programme comprising between six and thirty publishing projects, regardle…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Valuation of the property

Article D313-20

…nch Consumer Code are : 1° The appraisal document and the documents mentioned in article L. 313-21; 2° Documents proving that the expert meets the requirements set out in article L. 313-20.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Redundancy pay

Article R1234-2

…lowing amounts: 1° One quarter of a month's salary per year of seniority for years up to ten years; 2° One third of a month's salary per year of seniority for ten years or more.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: General rules applicable to other public contracts with the exception of those relating to the public rail passenger transport service

Article R2521-2

The public contracts referred to in Articles L. 2511-1 to L. 2515-1 are subject to the rules relating to payment periods set out in Section 2 of Chapter II of Title IX of Book I and in Article R. 2112…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-2

…tive substances or alcohol. In this case, they are only obliged to fulfil the missions mentioned in 2° and 3° of article D. 3411-1 for the people they care for, including their associated consumption.

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