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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-23-1

…ssional agreement must, unless justified, include the specific stipulations mentioned in Article L. 2232-10-1 for undertakings with fewer than fifty employees.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-2-1

The list mentioned in Article L. 812-2 is divided into sections corresponding to the jurisdiction of each court of appeal.Where the mandataire judiciaire is an employee, it specifies that capacity and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative and litigation procedure

Article D312-7-2

The Deputy Director of Visas may either reject the appeal or instruct the national ETIAS unit to issue the requested travel authorisation. He may delegate his signature to officials under his authorit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-18-2

…qual to one, increased by the ratio between twice the population of sensitive urban areas and, from 2017, priority neighbourhoods of the city policy and the total population of the municipality, and t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-1

…the Autorité des marchés financiers may transmit to it information covered by professional secrecy;2° It identifies and assesses the nature and extent of systemic risks resulting from the situation i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-3

I. - The persons referred to in 5° of Article L. 631-2 must inform the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board:1° The interests they held during the two years preceding their appointment, that they…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and performance of the contract.

Article L6325-6-2

…ganisation or service responsible for their training to the persons mentioned in 1° of article L. 6325-1 and whose professionalisation contract is aimed at acquiring a qualification registered in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-2

…vidual limited liability entrepreneur shall, where applicable, file, in accordance with Article R. 123-102, the descriptive statement provided for in I of Article L. 526-8 as well as, where applicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-34-2

…its committees, the directors elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to Article L. 225-23 and the directors elected by the employees or appointed pursuant to Article L. 225-27-1 have…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article D47-1-20

For the purposes of Article 694-48, where the issuing State requests, under a European Investigation Order, the hearing of a person by videoconference, the practical arrangements for the hearing, whic…

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