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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1b: Special provisions applicable to beneficiaries of the insurance allowance following resignation

Article L5426-1-2

I.- By way of derogation from article L. 5421-3, during the period of implementation of the project referred to in 2° of II of article L. 5422-1, the job-seeking condition required to benefit from the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2

I. - Subject to the provisions of article L. 310-10, the direct insurance operations defined in article L. 310-1 may be carried out in the territory of the French Republic only :1° by undertakings hav…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-21

A reference medical biology laboratory that ceases to fulfil the conditions for operating a medical biology laboratory provided for in Book II of Part Six or that does not apply the obligations of its…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure, under the conditions set out in Articles L. 612-17, L. 612-23 to L. 612-27 and L. 612-44, that the banking and financial activities c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article D3131-4

A derogation may be made from the minimum daily rest period of eleven hours per employee, under the terms and conditions laid down by the agreement provided for in Article L. 3131-2, to the minimum pe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-7

I.-Options may be granted under the same conditions as in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-179 and L. 22-10-56 of the French Commercial Code by a company controlled, directly or indirectly, exclusively o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R283-2

For the application of this book in Saint-Martin: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by the reference to the representative of the State in the collectivity; 2° Article R. 210-1 reads as follow…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R282-2

For the application of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by the reference to the State representative in the collectivity; 2° Article R. 210-1 is worded as follo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions common to the "Adult Psychiatry" and "Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" specialisations

Article D6124-256

I.-The authorisation holder has one or more multidisciplinary teams comprising : 1° One or more nurses; 2° One or more care assistants; 3° One or more psychologists; 4° One or more social workers; 5°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article R315-2

The indemnity, if any, payable by the borrower, provided for in article L. 315-17, may not exceed an amount corresponding to the following terms and conditions: 1° Where the capital amount of the loan…

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