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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R1251-12

…ed or reduced to be evaluated over twelve months. The amount of the guarantee is reviewed each year and may be revised at any time. It must not be less than 8% of sales, nor less than a minimum set ea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R1251-13

In the event of the takeover or merger of temporary employment undertakings, the amount of the guarantee of the undertaking thus formed may not be less than the amount of the combined guarantees of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-49

…to the members appointed by the General Meeting under the conditions defined in articles L. 225-17 and L. 225-18 of the French Commercial Code, a representative of the professional agricultural organ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-47

…agricole is a public limited company (société anonyme), responsible for facilitating, coordinating and controlling the performance of the operations provided for in this Code, governed by the provisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation

Article L512-48

…ld by the regional mutual credit banks are divided equally between the regional mutual credit banks and two thirds are divided in proportion to the number of shares held by each of them.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article R784-12

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5

…han one third the average effective rate charged during the previous quarter by credit institutions and finance companies for transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, as defined by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

…taken for a maximum period of four months. It may only be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or, in the case of a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265-1

Divorce does not affect the rights that either spouse has under the law or under agreements with third parties.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-2

…debts contracted in the exercise of one's profession on joint property. I, the undersigned (surname and first name of the registered person) declare under my responsibility, in accordance with article…

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