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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agreement on the duration of the contract

Article R6222-10

A tripartite agreement may be concluded to extend the duration of the apprenticeship contract or period if it is suspended for a reason beyond the apprentice's control. The duration of the apprentices…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-102

…s activity, in particular those relating to the setting up of the loans mentioned in article L. 214-101.II. - Within the limits and conditions set by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, a société civile de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-10

For the application of the provisions of Article 706-49 relating to informing the children's judge in the event of the opening of educational assistance proceedings, must be referred to the magistrate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-employment declaration.

Article L1221-10

An employee may only be recruited after the employer has made a declaration of the employee's name to the social security bodies designated for this purpose.The employer must complete this declaration…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-10

Technical specifications formulated in terms of performance or functional requirements are sufficiently precise to enable candidates to know exactly what the contract is about and to enable the purcha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-102

Unless specifically stipulated in the issue contract and excluding the case of early dissolution not resulting from a merger or demerger, the company may not require holders of securities giving acces…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Companies of statutory auditors

Article R822-106

The liquidator may be replaced on grounds of impediment or for serious reasons by decision of the president of the judicial court of the place of the company's registered office, ruling in summary pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Capital grants (R).

Article D5212-10

Multi-purpose intercommunal syndicates that do not meet the conditions defined in article D. 5212-9, may benefit from increased subsidies for their equipment operations insofar as these syndicates are…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Taking vulnerability into account

Article L531-10

During the entire procedure for examining the application, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may define the special examination procedures it deems necessary for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-100

Any person who, directly or through an intermediary, actually directs, administers or manages the company under the guise or in the place of the company's legal representatives is subject to the same…

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