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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-22-1

The procedures for revision and denunciation provided for in Article L. 2232-22 are applicable to collective agreements, regardless of the procedures for their conclusion, when the undertaking subsequ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article L4424-28-1

…to an agreement with the company managing the fund, setting out, in particular, the purpose, amount and operation of the guarantee fund, the procedures for informing the regional authority by the comp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article R5211-13-2

In the cases provided for in article L. 2241-3, public accountants are discharged of all liability by remitting the funds to the notary who drew up the deed.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Unit-linked life assurance or capitalisation contracts.

Article R131-1-2

…rved for: 1° Subscribers or members considered, after evaluation, to have the experience, knowledge and skills necessary to make their own investment decisions and correctly assess the risks involved;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-25-1

The duties of full or alternate member or rapporteur of the Commission entitle the holder to travel and subsistence allowances under the conditions laid down in Decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 sett…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-1-2

…le L. 1412-2 are proposed by the following persons:-two representatives of associations of patients and users of the healthcare system, by the President of the Union nationale des associations agréées…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-2

…perating costs. The General Secretariat is provided by the Directorate General for Civil Protection and Crisis Management. In particular, it is responsible for communicating the opinion provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Remuneration arrangements

Article R6323-18-2-1

…ho fulfils the seniority condition mentioned in 1°, 2° or 3° of I of this article, the remuneration and the statutory and conventional social security contributions based on this remuneration, includi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R734-7

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-2

…nch nationals under the age of thirty-five may not make the declaration provided for in articles 23 and 23-1 above only if they are in good standing with the obligations of Book II of the National Ser…

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