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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Lifelong vocational guidance

Article L6111-3

I.-Everyone has the right to be informed, advised and supported in matters of career guidance, as part of the right to education guaranteed to everyone byarticle L. 111-1 of the Education Code. The pu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-10

Applications made pursuant to Articles 41, 50, Article 56(6), Article 57 or Article 68(2) and (3) of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-4 (art. A212-188)

Aptitude test I. - Technical test The technical test, a performance test which validates technical aptitude, is designed to check the candidate's ability to ride safely at a sustained speed over a cer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-8

The decisions of the Autorité de la concurrence referred to in Articles L. 462-8, L. 464-2, L. 464-3, L. 464-6, L. 464-6-1 et L. 752-27 are notified to the parties involved and to the Minister for the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: REPUBLICAN INTEGRATION

Article R413-3

The Republican Integration Contract, together with a translation into a language that the person concerned understands, is presented to the foreign national by the French Immigration and Integration O…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1-3

…contracts, expenditure relating to the training of tutors and apprenticeship supervisors and the performance of their duties, as well as retraining or promotion initiatives through work-linked trainin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R260

Paragraphs 3 to 6 of Article R. 15-17 are replaced by the following provisions:"An examination commission, the members of which are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-23

…ourt of appeal composed of its president alone pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 510, the form of the statement of appeal made pursuant to articles 502 or 503 must include a statement inform…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for admission to the profession and to other judicial and legal professions

Article R742-35

…ided for in articles L. 811-5 and L. 812-3, to the article 2 du décret du 19 juin 1973 relatif à la formation professionnelle des commissaires priseurs et aux conditions d'accès à cette profession, to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Territorial health councils .

Article R1434-36

Each Territorial Health Board is made up of a plenary assembly, a bureau, a specialised mental health commission and a specific committee for organising the expression of users.The specialised mental…

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