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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-8

The list of approved sponsors is drawn up by the Prefect. It includes the surname, first name, previous occupation and professional qualification of each sponsor. The list is available to employers at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-4

Approval for persons authorised to act as sponsors is issued by the Prefect for a period of three years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-5

The same person may not sponsor more than three apprentices or young people on professionalisation contracts at the same time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-3

Volunteers with at least two years' experience as apprenticeship masters or tutors, or five years' professional experience, may be approved to carry out the mentoring activity provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article D6523-9

…llocation de congé solidarité, instituée sur le fondement de l'article 15 de la loi n° 2000-1207 du 13 décembre 2000 d'orientation pour l'outre-mer.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-7

Sponsorship is unpaid.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Sponsorship

Article R6523-6

The role of the mentor is to assist and inform the apprentice or young person benefiting from the professionalisation contract. This role complements the duties of the apprenticeship master or tutor a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 634

Parties who do not formulate new pleas or new claims are deemed to stand by the pleas and claims which they had submitted to the court whose decision has been quashed. The same applies to those who do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D44-2

The public prosecutor, after gathering the observations of the investigating judge(s) and, where applicable, the juvenile court judge(s), as well as those of the president(s) of the criminal division(…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D44-4

The rating established by the public prosecutor is brought directly to the attention of the judicial police officer, who may submit comments in writing within a period of fifteen days, at the end of w…

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