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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation

Article R3252-15

The court clerk summons the debtor to the hearing. The summons : 1° Mention the surname, first name and address of the creditor or, in the case of a legal entity, its name and registered office; 2° In…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-10

Companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products shall make public, under the conditions defined in this section: 1° The information…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Personal activity account for self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed, their collaborating spouses and artists and authors

Article D5151-10-1

In accordance with article L. 5151-2 of the French Labour Code, a personal activity account is opened for any person subject to the contribution provided for in articles L. 6331-48, L. 6331-53 and L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-7

By way of derogation from article R. 5221-6, foreign students holding the residence permit referred to in 11° of article R. 5221-2 may enter into : 1° A professionalisation contract as referred to in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

I.-A foreign national who has been granted a work permit as provided for in article R. 5221-1 may, in accordance with the terms of the permit, carry out paid employment in France if he/she holds one o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assistant pharmacists.

Article R5125-35

The activities of assistant pharmacists include : 1° In pharmacies and pharmacies run by mutual benefit societies or mining aid societies, the activities mentioned in articles L. 5125-1, L. 5125-2 and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Annual report

Article D5521-5

Expenditure on employment corresponds to the following actions:1° (Repealed) 2° (Repealed)3° (Repealed)4° (Repealed)5° The financing of job creation premiums ;6° (Repealed)7° (Repealed)8° The financin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Amending and cancelling declarations

Article R6351-9

For the purposes of assessing the conditions for cancelling the registration of the declaration of activity mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6351-4, the services examined are those corresponding t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-4

Excluded from the scope of the provisions of this chapter are: 1° Credit transactions intended to enable the acquisition or maintenance of rights of ownership or enjoyment of land or an existing build…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R154-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The references to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° The references to the judicial court are repla…

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