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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Integration companies.

Article L5132-5

Integration enterprises conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application of article L. 1242-3. During the performance o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 256 C

…der the same conditions a) The central bodies, funds and federations referred to in Articles L. 511-30, L. 512-55 and in b of Article L. 512-1-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as their mem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-10-1

The members of the departmental council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-10-1

Members of the Regional Council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-18

Personnel of the national forensic police service of the national police and those of the national gendarmerie, specially assigned to the service implementing the processing, and duly authorised, may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-8

I.-Any elector who meets the conditions set out in Article L. 713-4 may stand as a candidate in his sub-category or, failing that, in his professional category. No person may be a candidate in more th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…eave. For the purposes of determining taxable income for the financial years from 1 January 1986 to 30 December 1987, the same applies to the social security and tax charges relating to this allowance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-5-1

I.-Where a consortium set up in application of article L. 3112-1 of the Public Procurement Code is composed for the most part of local authorities or local public establishments, a commission is set u…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-6

…of minor children. The judge may take measures to guarantee the continuity and effectiveness of the maintenance of the child's ties with each of his parents. In particular, he may order a ban on the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central services and inspection

Article L1421-1

Pharmacist public health inspectors, medical public health inspectors, health and social action inspectors, sanitary engineers, sanitary study engineers and sanitary technicians monitor, within the sc…

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