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Showing 33213330 of 53957 articles for Art. R. 1334-29-2

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4362-2

…mitted and examined in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in Article R. 4362-4. The Prefect acknowledges receipt of the application within one month of its receipt and,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of training institutes and schools

Article R4383-2

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 4383-3 is issued for a period of five years by the President of the Regional Council, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Regional He…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-2

With the exception of the management posts mentioned in article R. 113-3, contract staff are divided into the following four job categories: 1° Category 1 "Head of Department" includes staff who perfo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-25

…rking in sectors corresponding to those of the interested organisations mentioned in III of article R. 2272-9;b) The most representative professional employers' organisations at national and cross-ind…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedural safeguards

Article R1332-2

The sanction provided for in article L. 1332-2 shall be the subject of a written, reasoned decision. The decision is notified to the employee either by letter delivered against receipt, or by register…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Declaration

Article R321-2

…efinitive cessation of activity as well as any change in the situation declared pursuant to Article R. 321-1. These declarations must be accompanied by the necessary supporting documents.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article R330-2

The managers of the systems referred to in Article R. 330-1 shall send the Banque de France and, in the case of systems for the settlement and delivery of financial instruments, the Autorité des march…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-22

The provisions relating to the periodicity of the professional transition leave, set out in article R. 6323-10-3, do not apply to the holder of a savings passbook and his or her employed spouse, partn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…nth of the apprenticeship contract commenced. In the case provided for in articles L. 6222-12-1 and R. 6222-1-1, and after an apprenticeship contract has been signed, the amount paid by the skills ope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-4

…23-29 is renewed every four years, in accordance with the same procedure as that set out in Article R. 123-208-2. However, in the event of renewal of the card, the deadline for issuing the new card is…

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