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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-27

The Steering Committee meets at the request of the Minister responsible for local authorities or the National Council for the Training of Local Elected Representatives. Additional meetings may be held…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-45

…ectorate monitoring officer, from the time each young person is assigned to the work in question, information relating to:1° The young person's forenames, surname and date of birth ;2° The vocational…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Employee training.

Article R4543-22

Any worker carrying out the work referred to in Article R. 4543-1, including temporary workers or workers on fixed-term contracts, will receive special training from the company employing them. This t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of continuing vocational training schemes

Article D6122-1

Each year, the Government submits to Parliament a document : 1° Bringing together the appropriations requested for the following year and the use of those granted for the previous year and for the cur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

…apply to the management report when all the shares are held by persons having one of the following forms or by foreign companies having a comparable legal form: société anonyme, société en commandite…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-6

The author and publisher holding the right to reproduce an unavailable book in printed form shall jointly notify the collective management organisation mentioned in Article L. The author of an unavail…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme.

Article L313-17

…anced in whole or in part by the loan, or in the capital gain realised on their disposal, or in the form of a retrocession of the margin realised. Where a clause providing for participation in the com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-9

…s of Association determine the decisions that must be taken collectively by the shareholders in the forms and under the conditions that they provide. However, the powers vested in the extraordinary an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Single chapter: Authentic instruments

Article 710-1

Any deed or right must, in order to give rise to land registration formalities, result from a deed received in authentic form by a notary practising in France, from a court decision or from an authent…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the eligibility of feature films

Article 912-2

…ition has been prevented because of the measures banning admission to the public, works whose first form of exhibition is not the cinemas for which they were initially intended may, by way of derogati…

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