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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18-1

1° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 to 11 and 15 of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 as amended on foodstuffs intended for infants and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-10-1

I. - A development council is set up in public establishments with their own tax status with more than 50,000 inhabitants. Below this threshold, a development council may be set up by deliberation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article D2512-15-13

The Parisian council for safety and the prevention of delinquency and the fight against drugs, sectarian aberrations and violence against women and the delinquency prevention plan applicable in Paris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-10-1

The agreement referred to in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the signatory integration enterprise to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under contracts concluded in applic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-147

The final examination comprises three tests. A general test (duration: specified in the specific decrees; coefficient 4) comprising: a) A written examination covering the technical aspects of the spor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-1

In accordance with articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-16

This section does not apply to terminations of employment contracts resulting from : 1° Agreements resulting from the negotiations mentioned in articles L. 2242-20 and L. 2242-21 ; 2° Employment prote…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-12

Only the following are authorised to carry out DNA identifications: 1° The technical and forensic police services or organisations referred to in article 157-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Pe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment services providers

Article R775-18

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consultation on the economic and financial situation of the company

Article R2312-16

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, in undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer makes available to the social and economic committee, with a…

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