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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…operators who are not entered in the trade and companies register;2° The supplier's telephone and e-mail contact details;3° A description of the products and services offered and the service quality l…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L356-1

…an undertaking which exclusively controls an undertaking within the meaning of II of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code. This second undertaking is referred to as a "subsidiary undertaking". Any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-9

…al year, or allocated by reason of the office in respect of the same financial year, indicating the main conditions of exercise of the rights, in particular the price and date of exercise and any chan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-23

…to drive the machine used, as they cannot benefit from the exemption provided for in article R. 221-16 of the Highway Code; Personal safety equipment: - as a minimum, participants must be equipped wit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…for in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…tatives referred to in article L. 3123-12 as well as contributions to the fund set up by article L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 3123-20-2 and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…code if the metropolitan authority exercises this competence; 11° The fencing of cemeteries, their maintenance and their relocation in the cases determined by Chapter III of Title II of Book II of Pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to professional customers

Article D533-11

The following are deemed to be professional clients within the meaning of article L. 533-16, for all investment services and all financial instruments:1. a) The credit institutions referred to in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Vocational training and apprenticeships

Article R2241-4

…be taken into account by companies as part of the training plan and the personal training account; 16° The definition and conditions of implementation of training actions, their monitoring and evalua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip

Article R3243-1

…n 13°; 15° Mention of the section dedicated to the pay slip on the www. service-public. fr portal ; 16° In the case of partial activity: a) The number of hours compensated; b) The rate applied to calc…

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