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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-380

…sions applicable to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 as amended relating to the statutory provisions governing the hospital civil se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-376

…in the establishment concerned. For contractual practitioners recruited under 4° of article R. 6152-338, the number of years is capped at 12 years. A period of service of between six months and one ye…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-385

The interview(s) provided for in article R. 6152-383 mainly concern : 1° The reasons for the request and the principle of the contractual termination; 2° Setting the date on which the contract will en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-388

…of the two parties does not withdraw from the contract within the period set out in article R. 6152-387, the contract will end on the date agreed in the termination agreement.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-3

…inor under the age of twelve, an adult under guardianship or a person placed in a psychiatric hospital. However, this prohibition does not apply to the funeral finance packages referred to inarticle L…

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

Article L2123-35

…epresentatives mentioned in the second paragraph of this article. In municipalities with fewer than 3,500 inhabitants, the amount paid by the municipality for this subscription is offset by the State…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article L241-3

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° The fact, for any person, of fraudulently causing a contribution in kind to be valued higher than its actual value; 2° The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-30

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat sets the conditions under which the technical services of the urban community provide maintenance for roads temporarily retained by the communes. In addition, in the oth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-31

Within the perimeter of the conurbation in which the urban community exercises its powers, roads may be redistributed between the State, the département and the urban community. The corresponding clas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Training obligation

Article D722-30

…722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of the court of appeal immediately informs the commercial court judge concer…

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