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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seniority requirements

Article L3342-1

…However, a condition of seniority in the company or in the group of companies defined in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 may be required. This may not exceed three months. To determine any seniorit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-16-1

I.-Public health institutions and their groupings may only take out loans with credit institutions within the following limits and subject to the following conditions:1° The loan must be denominated i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Internal organisation.

Article L6146-1

…set by decree. They may be reappointed under the same conditions.Practitioners mentioned in article L. 6151-1 and in 1°, 2° and 3° of article L. 6152-1, as well as army practitioners, are eligible to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Adapted companies

Article L5213-13-1

…L. 241-5 of the Code of Social Action and Families who are unemployed or at risk of losing…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation and conditions of registration

Article L211-18

I - The natural or legal persons mentioned in article L. 211-1 are registered in the register mentioned inarticle L. 141-3. II.-In order to be registered, these persons must: 1° Provide travellers wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

…ol it or that are controlled by it in the European Union, within the meaning of I and II of Article L. 233-3, the services mentioned in e of paragraph 1 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-11

…bearing the words "seeking employment or setting up a business" is issued pursuant to 1° of article L. 422-10, its holder is authorised, during the period of validity of this permit, to seek and hold…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-11

…transaction intended to consolidate previous loans includes one or more loans mentioned in article L. 313-1 whose relative share does not exceed a threshold set by decree by the Conseil d'Etat, the n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-14

…e profession, with patients and with members of other health professions. The provisions of Article L. 4398-1 do not apply to chiropodists.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article L762-1

…riate facilities and equipment of a permanent nature and not subject to authorisation under Article L. 752-1, which hosts, for all or part of the year, commercial or other events of a temporary nature…

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