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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5

People aged at least fifty-seven who are experiencing social and professional difficulties may enter into an open-ended inclusion contract with an integration enterprise, as provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-33

The following are activities involving particular risks, mentioned in the third paragraph of the I of Article L. 5126-4, for which authorisation is granted for a period of seven years by the competent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-707

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 employed on a full-time basis devote their entire professional activity to the service of the employing public health establishment, wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-4 Order no. 2009-1530 o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-46

For the application of the first two paragraphs of article L. 421-27, the establishment or company employing the foreign national who is carrying out an assignment in France shall first notify the for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-6

…al circumstances. This increase does not apply when fines are increased pursuant to articles L. 211-27 and L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Advances

Article R2393-38

…the subcontractor as set out in the contract or in the special deed referred to in article R. 2393-27.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Working hours, rest periods and holidays.

Article L3422-5

…ntioned in 1° are those of the schemes mentioned in articles 23-7 and 23-8 of order no. 2002-411 of 27 March 2002 relating to health and social protection in Mayotte ; b) A of 2° does not apply; c) In…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-2

…ract may not exceed the legal weekly and daily working hours set by articles L. 3121-18 and L. 3121-27 respectively. The maximum weekly working time set out above refers to all hours actually worked o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-1

…r, failing that, those of a branch agreement, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 3121-27 to L. 3121-33, and L. 3121-35 to L. 3121-40 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. Infringements g…

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