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Showing 15011510 of 4145 articles for Art. Convention franco-américaine 1994

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-26-1

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

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-37

The recruitment of the people referred to in article L. 5132-1 on fixed-term contracts, or the employment of prisoners who have signed a prison employment contract, by organisations with an integratio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Management of the issue of health certificates and diplomas

Article D4383-6

The State may, by means of an agreement, entrust the Agence de services et de paiement with the management of the administrative and logistical operations required to issue health certificates and dip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Centres d'animation, de ressources et d'information sur la formation-observatoires régionaux de l'emploi et de la formation (regional employment and training coordination, resource and information centres)

Article D6123-2-1

I.-The strategic orientations of the network of centres for animation, resources and information on training-regional employment and training observatories are set out in a three-year framework agreem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92-5

Authorisation for A6 breast oncology surgery may only be granted if the health care establishment is organised in such a way as to enable it: 1° To prepare for oncology surgery, to have access to : a)…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-29

Unless otherwise agreed, each of the authors of the audiovisual work may freely dispose of that part of the work which constitutes his or her personal contribution with a view to its exploitation in a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the Government Commissioner

Article R112-30

Each year, the Government Commissioner is informed of the conditions under which the performance objectives and related monitoring indicators have been implemented for the year, as defined in the agre…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-13

The service is provided either by direct management, by a public entity in the form of an industrial and commercial public service, or by a company that has signed a fixed-term agreement with the comp…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Valuation of public property by the holder of the partnership contract

Article L2233-3

Where leases are granted by the holder for a term exceeding that of the partnership contract, the conditions for the purchaser to take over the lease must be the subject of an agreement between the pu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: CONDITIONS OF RECEPTION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article L550-2

The Office de l'immigration et de l'intégration may, by agreement, delegate to legal entities the possibility of providing certain reception, information and social, legal and administrative support s…

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