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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of property, rights and obligations

Article R5215-18

The maintenance of roads referred to in article L. 5215-30 includes all work undertaken on existing roads, excluding that relating to the creation of new roads.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Base of professional knowledge and skills

Article D6113-32

The additional modules mentioned in II of article D. 6113-30 are defined by order of the Minister responsible for vocational training at the suggestion of the Association of French Regions.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-5

The body referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for inArticle 84 o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Health and safety standards

Article A322-18

The health and safety standards applicable to swimming pools are set out in the amended Order of 7 April 1981 on the technical provisions applicable to swimming pools and the amended Order of 29 Novem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article D7121-38

A paid leave fund provides annual leave for artistic and technical personnel employed on an intermittent basis in the companies mentioned in articles D. 7121-28 and D. 7121-29. This fund distributes t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-22

…ive agreements concluded after the date of publication of the aforementioned Act no. 2008-596 of 25 June 2008;-shorter periods fixed in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-52

…ance at cinemas of the introduction of the health pass, as provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1 June 2021 prescribing the general measures required to manage the end of the health crisis.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Part One: State taxes

Article 1378 quater A

…any form whatsoever, with a view to one of the objects set out in Article 2 of Law no. 78-654 of 22 June 1978, into a professional economic development committee governed by the same law, is exempt fr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-6

…s 3 and 4 of Article 31 of Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Acquisition of rights

Article D5151-15

…in 3°, 4°, 8° and 11° of article D. 5151-14, declare to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, by 30 June each year at the latest, the number of hours they have worked during the previous calendar y…

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