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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation

Article D7226-31

…in the employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the Labour Code, and the legal weekly working time defined in article D. 7226-32 of thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-318

I.-To exercise the competences conferred upon them by article L. 4151-1 : 1° The midwife is authorised to perform all the clinical and technical procedures necessary for the follow-up and monitoring o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Exception for the purpose of exploiting an unavailable work

Article R122-31

…to exploit unavailable works under the conditions mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 122-5-5 shall publish the following information in advance on their website, in a dedicated and i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for notifying mobility

Article R421-31

…esponsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 421-15 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid travel docume…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 811-5

Article A811-31

…ing an assessment to be made as to whether the applicant meets the conditions laid down in articles L. 811-5 and R. 811-27, as well as details of the training or course of study followed and the initi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-315

…on. When informed of the striking off of the register by a social security body pursuant to article L. 613-4 of the Social Security Code, the keeper of the National Register of Companies will remove t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article D4622-31

…nt contract, termination of the fixed-term employment contract in the cases provided for in article L. 4623-5-1 and the transfer of an occupational health physician; 7° The dismissal of an occupationa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-31

…L. 111-3, as well as those taken pursuant to 3° of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Other financial provisions

Article D1271-31

…organisation that finances all or part of a special payment instrument referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 pays the issuer the equivalent value of the instruments ordered, so that the issuer can se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-312

…d the exercise of which is not prevented by a measure referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 128-1. The provisions of this article shall apply to the striking off of the special register of…

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