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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-6-1

…than 100 inhabitants per square kilometre and an urbanisation rate of more than 65% are considered to be urban departments for the purposes of this article. The urbanisation rate is determined on the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-2

The duration of the initiative-employment contract may not be less than six months, or three months for people who have been convicted and are benefiting from a modified sentence.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-1

…ranted under an initiative-employment contract, concluded for a fixed period, may be extended for a total period of twenty-four months, or five years for employees aged fifty and over who are experien…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-61-2

…of the meeting and include the items and the text of the draft resolutions that the company intends to include on the agenda of the meeting. The notice shall also specify the right of shareholders to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-61-1

As the Articles of Association provide that General Meetings are to be held exclusively by videoconference or by means of telecommunication, pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of Articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-6-1

A self-employed worker is one whose working conditions are defined exclusively by himself or by the contract defining them with his principal.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-28

Any experts appointed by the Chairman of the College shall send their draft report to the claimant and, where applicable, to the claimant's counsel, who shall have a period of fifteen days in which to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-14

In addition to its opinion and the expert report, the college will forward to the insurers and the persons it considers to be liable all the documents provided by the claimant to enable them to make a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-11

…s carries out the assessment itself on the basis of the claim file, the Office will send its report to the parties and, where applicable, to their counsel, to the persons mentioned in the second parag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-13

…it is issued. The Office will send the opinion by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the claimant, the persons against whom the proceedings have been brought and their insurers. The…

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