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Showing 60716080 of 49266 articles for Art. 2 juill. 2003 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Social protection for trainees

Article R6342-2

…family benefits in respect of: 1° Workers recognised as disabled within the meaning of article L. 5213-1 and whose training periods are taken into account without contributions for the purposes of ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-2

…agreement; the rules for the devolution of the company's assets and liabilities on its dissolution;2° The estimated overall cost of the operation for the local authority or grouping of local authorit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-2

…e prudentiel et de résolution takes the protective measure provided for in 14° of I of Article L. 612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Code in respect of a person referred to in the first paragraph of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-22

…ct as guarantor for a debt for which he is the principal debtor. By way of derogation from articles 2284 and 2285 of the Civil Code and without prejudice to the legal provisions relating to the unseiz…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-21

…d, if known, the postal and electronic addresses and the SIREN number of the self-employed workers; 2° A detailed statement of the subject of the dispute; 3° A copy of the written complaint referred t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-29

When practices are identified that may justify prosecution under Articles L. 420-1 and L. 420-2 of the French Commercial Code, the Chairman of the Autorité informs the competent competition authoritie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compulsory vaccinations.

Article R3111-2

The vaccinations referred to in I of article L. 3111-2 are given during the child's first eighteen months, in accordance with the ages set out in the calendar provided for in article L. 3111-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial and accounting system.

Article D5321-2

…al amount of the grant from the compulsory health insurance schemes mentioned in 5° of article L. 5321-2 is set by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security and the budget.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22

…eed yield and the average rate of profit sharing for all contracts of the same type;-from 1 January 2022, the manner in which the investment policy takes into account environmental, social and governa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-23

…collateral and the procedures relating thereto in relation to the granting of loans referred to in 2° of Article L. 313-1.

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