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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article R773-4

…20n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-21n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014II. - For the application of I:1° In paragraph 3 of II of Article R. 513-1, the words: the guarantee fund for social home ownership…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-96

…he basis of which the public prosecutor issued a European protection order shall inform the latter: 1° Of any modification or revocation of that measure; 2° Of the transfer of the execution of that me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L525-2

…this Title and within the limits of the legislative provisions which, where applicable, govern them:1° The Banque de France , the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer and the Institut d'ém…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Redundancies in the absence of secondary proceedings

Article R692-10

…s at the registry of the competent court. Attached to this application are the following documents: 1° The copy of the decision to open the main insolvency proceedings; 2° Information making it possib…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Travel expenses

Article A444-48

…nses mentioned in a of 3° of I of article Annexe 4-8 shall be subject to a flat-rate reimbursement: 1° Equal to thirty-two times the 1st class rail mileage tax for each document served, apart from the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Social dialogue.

Article L2

The Government submits draft legislative and regulatory texts drawn up in the field defined by Article L. 1, in the light of the results of the consultation and negotiation procedure, to the National…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Combating the misuse and dangerous use of everyday consumer products

Article L3823-5

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the second paragraph of article L. 3611-3, the words: "in the pubs mentioned in articles L. 3331-1, L. 3334-1 and L. 3334-2" are replaced by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-3

The agreement provided for in Article L. 1233-24-1 may not derogate from :1° The employer's obligation to provide training, adaptation and redeployment in application of article L. 1233-4;2° The gener…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-2

…nt of the job protection plan referred to in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63. It may also cover : 1° The procedures for informing and consulting the social and economic committee, in particular the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-27-1

…red by article L. 212-1, in an accredited training body mentioned in article R. 212-10-8, if they : 1° Submit their application via the national pre-registration procedure mentioned in the second para…

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