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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Rules applicable to relations between the holder and its suppliers

Article L2232-6

At the request of any service provider called upon to perform the contract, the contractor shall provide a bond with a financial institution in order to guarantee payment of the sums due to the servic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coordination with professional sectors, the public employment service and the public guidance service

Article L6121-6

In coordination with the State and the members of the regional committee for employment, vocational training and guidance, and in conjunction with training bodies, the region organises the disseminati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-61

The proceeds of the contribution are paid to the Skills Operator, after deduction of management costs, in accordance with the procedures laid down by joint order of the Minister for Social Security an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-6

Time spent away from the company during working hours by employee members of the labour tribunal in the performance of their duties is treated as actual working time for the purposes of determining th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-6

Persons or businesses that process or distribute food products as part of a permanent or occasional, main or ancillary commercial or mass catering activity or takeaway sales of prepared dishes may spe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Protest

Article L131-61

The protest must be made by a notary or bailiff at the domicile of the person on whom the cheque was payable, or at his last known domicile. If the address is falsely stated, the protest shall be prec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-62

When a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax authority exercises the competence relating to the local town planning plan, its deliberative body holds a debate on local…

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

Article LO6214-6

The State and the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public domain and their private domain. The local authority's domain i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-6

Where an agreement on the right of expression exists, the employer shall call a meeting, at least once every three years, with the representative trade union organisations in order to examine the resu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Suspension of performance of the contract and ban on recruitment.

Article L6225-6

The refusal decision by the Regional Director of Business, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment may be accompanied by a ban on the employer recruiting new apprentices or young people on wor…

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