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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-380

The provisions ofarticle 45 of decree no. 91-155 of 6 February 1991 relating to the general provisions applicable to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-386

…lace at the earliest one day after the end of the withdrawal period provided for in article R. 6152-387. The contractual termination agreement is drawn up in accordance with the model defined by an or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

On the occasion of the control referred to in the preceding article, the judge may ask the legal administrator to submit to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court an annu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-38

Any modification made by the manufacturer or importer to machinery or personal protective equipment in respect of which an EC type-examination certificate has been issued shall be notified to the body…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-38

The judicial police officer or the judicial police agent acting under his responsibility shall draw up a report of each of the operations to set up the technical means mentioned in Article 230-32 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-38

The administrator shall report to the official receiver on the execution of the acts enabling the plan to be implemented in accordance with article L. 626-24. The mandataire judiciaire reports on his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-383

…artment or to the director of the establishment. Under the conditions laid down in articles R. 6152-384 and R. 6152-385, an interview relating to this request is held on a date set at least ten clear…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-38

The provisions of Article R. 713-2 are applicable to the election of consular delegates.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Grants

Article D6352-38

Subsidies may only be applied to expenditure covered by forecasts provided by the centre and accepted by the Minister responsible for vocational training. To this end, at the beginning of each calenda…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Residence grants

Article 411-38

The amount of aid is determined following the opinion of the costing committee mentioned in article…

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