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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-2

I.-The following constitute a travel service: 1° The carriage of passengers; 2° Accommodation that is not an integral part of the carriage of passengers and that does not have a residential purpose; 3…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Information to be provided to the public by groups.

Article L356-23

Without prejudice to the other information obligations incumbent on them, the participating and parent undertakings mentioned respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 publis…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Public contracts concluded in application of international rules

Article L2512-2

…ional organisation when the public contract is entirely financed by this international organisation;2° in accordance with the procedure agreed between an international organisation and the purchaser w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

…nd 3° of article R. 441-7 and half of the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 2° of the same article are divided between the beneficiaries of this agreement.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-2

The enforcement officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 shall provide each other with any information and documents that may be useful in carrying out their duties to combat illegal employment. Co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect.

Article L3132-20

…in one of the following ways: 1° On a day other than Sunday for all employees of the establishment; 2° From Sunday noon to Monday noon; 3° Sunday afternoon with a compensatory rest period of one day p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-3

…nd the Ministry of Health, for any event mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 3131-10-1 ; 2° When a national structure responsible for monitoring and supporting victims and informing their f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Direct preparation allowances

Article 211-84

…nce, up to a maximum of 160% of the combined amount of the sums invested and the direct allocations;2° The preparatory work relating to conception, adaptation and writing gives rise to the preparation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

…national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police officers;2° Civil servants in the active services of the national police, permanent and probationary, who do…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article D5132-18-1

…economic activity, authorise an intermediary association to derogate from the duration mentioned in 2° of article R. 5132-18 for a maximum renewable period of three years: 1° By taking into account th…

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