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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Start-up grant for self-employed activity

Article D5213-59

To qualify for the start-up grant, the disabled worker must undertake to personally run the self-employed business and to personally practise the liberal profession for which the grant is requested.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Start-up grant for self-employed activity

Article D5213-56

Payment of the grant is subject to the conclusion of an agreement specifying its purpose and the terms and conditions of control exercised by the public authority.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Start-up grant for self-employed activity

Article D5213-57

The subsidy is allocated to the purchase or installation of the equipment needed to practise the self-employed profession to which the disabled worker has been referred by the Commission des droits et…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: State diploma in nursery nursing.

Article D4311-51

The conditions under which a certificate of studies is issued in place of the State diploma in childcare to holders of a foreign diploma in nursing or midwifery that does not authorise them to practis…

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

Article D2223-55-6

The award of the diploma confers on its holder the professional aptitude to practise the profession in question.The diploma is awarded by the jury provided for in article D. 2223-55-11, having regard…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-32

The organiser is obliged to restore the roads open to public traffic and their appurtenances to their original state, for which he has obtained private use on the occasion of the concentration or even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-5-2

I.-The difference between the number of women and the number of men among the members, other than the chairman, of each of the boards of directors of the establishments mentioned in articles L. 1142-2…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-5

Failure by farmers to comply with the conditions for application of the derogation defined in article L. 623-24-1 shall cause them to lose the benefit of the provisions of this section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article D1411-5

The local deliberative assembly sets the conditions for submitting lists.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE

Article D1711-5

The functions of rapporteur of the local committee are carried out by the secretary general of the prefecture or his deputy.The secretariat of the local committee is provided by the services of the pr…

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