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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-25-1

…conclusion or execution of one of the funeral services provided for by 2°, 3°, 6° and 8° of article L. 2223-19 must hold a national diploma, without prejudice to the provisions of l'article L. 2223-45…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Pursuit of the activity of entrepreneur of live performances on an ancillary basis

Article L7122-19

…ceiling of performances, without being subject to the declaration obligations mentioned in articles L. 7122-3 and L. 7122-6: 1° Any person whose principal activity or purpose is not the operation of v…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition

Article L3123-1

A part-time employee is an employee whose working time is less than : 1° The legal working time or, where this is less than the legal working time, the working time agreed for the branch or company or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-1

…ablishments, maritime vocational lycées, agricultural education establishments mentioned in article L. 811-8 of the rural and maritime fishing code and information and guidance centres.It shall involv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-19

In the areas referred to in article L. 3132-24, either a collective agreement at company or establishment level or, failing that, a collective agreement at branch level, or an agreement concluded at t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Presumption of salaried status.

Article L7112-1

Any agreement by which a press company secures the services of a professional journalist in return for remuneration is presumed to be a contract of employment. This presumption applies irrespective of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-18

Persons liable for the contribution provided for in I of Article L. 245-6 of the Social Security Code and persons liable for value added tax pursuant to Article 256 A of the General Tax Code who make…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-11

An employer who is planning to make employees redundant for economic reasons, whether individually or as part of a mass redundancy scheme involving less than ten employees within the same thirty-day p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-14

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-12

During the preliminary interview, the employer will state the reasons for the proposed decision and ask the employee for explanations.

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