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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Deposit.

Article R3332-4

The regulations of the company savings plan referred to in articles L. 3332-7 and L. 3332-9 are filed, together with the appendices relating to the selection criteria and the list of investment instru…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Orientation and placement

Article R5213-4

The pre-orientation is carried out in the context of a work placement lasting an average of eight weeks per trainee, which may not exceed twelve weeks. To this end, the approval of the training course…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-4

Any organisation that ensures the conservation and preparation of tissues and cells, organs, blood, its components and derived products, derived from the human body with a view to their transfer for s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 422-7

The award of Diversity Images aid is subject to:1° To the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article L4422-46

The provisions of Chapter V of Title III of Book I of Part Four of the present Code are applicable to the President and members of the Assembly of Corsica, as well as to the President and members of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2223-41

Vocational training is paid for financially by employers in accordance with the terms defined in Chapter I of Title III of Book III of Part Six of the Legislative Part of the Labour Code. When it conc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-4

For the application of this book in French Guiana:1° References to the department and the departmental council are respectively replaced by references to the collectivity of French Guiana and the asse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-48

If the sentenced person commits, during the period of enforcement of the penal restraint, a felony or a misdemeanour under ordinary law followed by an unsuspended custodial sentence, the sentencing co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-4

Aid for collective operations is awarded and the amount determined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The operation's ability to contribute to a mission of general interest for the technical s…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2324-4

The purchaser may, for the award of a defence or security contract, use the competitive dialogue procedure referred to in article L. 2124-4, when at least one of the following conditions is met: 1° Th…

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