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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-43

…students in the third cycle of medical and pharmacy studies and former residents who have just completed their course may, at their request, complete an additional semester, which may be renewable onc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his representative.

Article R4741-4

…owing is punishable by a fifth-class fine: 1° Failure to mention in contracts, in breach of Article L. 4532-12, the obligation to participate in an inter-company safety, health and working conditions…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-39

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 224-96 and to the texts adopted for its application is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 euros for a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-39

…employees, the employer notifies the employee of the redundancy for economic reasons by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The letter of notification may not be sent before the expiry…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2312-37

In addition to the subjects provided for in Article L. 2312-8, the Social and Economic Committee is consulted under the conditions defined in this section in the following cases:1° Implementation of m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Vocational training, apprenticeships and integration of young people into working life.

Article L4424-34

…f continuing vocational training actions under the conditions laid down for the regions in articles L. 214-12 to L. 214-16 of the Education Code.It draws up the regional plan contract for the developm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-4

Only persons holding the qualifications or diplomas referred to in L. 812-3 than persons holding the qualifications or diplomas mentioned in articles R. 811-7 and R. 811-8.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article LO6264-4

The local authority shall collect the proceeds of taxes of all kinds established on its territory in the exercise of the powers it holds under 1° of I of Article LO 6214-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article LO6364-4

The local authority shall collect the proceeds of taxes of all kinds established on its territory in the exercise of the powers it holds under 1° of I of Article LO 6314-3.

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