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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4625-2

The provisions of Chapters I to IV shall apply to temporary workers, subject to the special arrangements provided for in this Section.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…ce does not have to obtain authorisation from the rightholders for the reproductions that it makes. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-2

…ch national must be preceded by the issue of a certificate of capacity to marry drawn up after completion, with the diplomatic or consular authority competent with regard to the place of celebration o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23

In companies with between eleven and twenty employees, in the absence of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, articles L. 2232-21, L. 2232-22 and L. 2232-22-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-28

…registration, all the elements of employee participation continue to apply to the European Company; 2° In the other cases of formation of a société européenne, and where employee participation within…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-29

…orms of participation exist within the participating companies, the Special Negotiation Body shall determine which of these forms shall be introduced in the European Company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Judicial administration of evidence

Article R153-2

When, pursuant to 1° of Article L. 153-1, the judge restricts access to the document to persons authorised to assist or represent the parties, he may also decide that these persons may not make a copy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Information in companies with at least three hundred employees

Article R2312-20

…social policy, working conditions and employment, the information provided for under headings 1° A, 2°, 4°, 5° and 10° of the table in article R. 2312-9.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Miscellaneous provisions and penalties.

Article L514-2

…ubscribed on behalf of an undertaking subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, another undertaking mentioned in article L. 310-2 or an undertaking mentioned in a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L651-2

For the application of article L. 616-2 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May…

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