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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-23

The expenditure and revenue of the special budget of the Police Prefecture are authorised by the Prefect of Police.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-25

The revenue and expenditure, including capital expenditure, of the departments of the Police Prefecture whose activity is primarily related to the exercise of active policing, are entered in the State…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-24

The employment contract, combined with aid for professional integration granted under an employment support contract, is an employment contract under private law, either for a fixed term, concluded in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-26

The weekly working time of the holder of an employment support contract may not be less than twenty hours, except where the decision to award the aid provides for this in order to respond to the parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-29

The contrat d'accompagnement dans l'emploi (employment support contract) may be suspended, at the employee's request, in order to enable him or her : 1° With the agreement of the employer, to complete…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-25

The duration of the employment support contract may not be less than six months, or three months in the case of persons who have been convicted of a criminal offence and whose sentence has been adjust…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-27

The holder of an employment support contract receives a salary at least equal to the amount of the minimum growth wage multiplied by the number of hours worked.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Information for beneficiaries

Article R2191-59

The beneficiaries of pledges or assignments of receivables may not intervene in any way in the performance of the contract.They may only require from the purchaser or the assigning accounting officer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50

The Director General of the Agence de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) makes public, in particular via the Agency's website: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article D6152-546

…under the same conditions as staff governed by decree no. 89-611 of 1st September 1989 on the special status of hospital civil service midwives: 1° from flat-rate allowances for work on Sundays and pu…

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