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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article D3331-3

The length of service of the persons mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 3332-2 that may be required by the regulations is counted from the date on which the individual contract takes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R6222-59

The provisions of this section apply to top-level athletes on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 of the French Sports Code who sign an apprenticeship contract.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-156-1

…he contracts relate to interest rates, exchange rates or currencies, or a combination of the above; 2° The contracts are entered into on regulated futures markets, the list of which is set by order of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R2334-3-1

For the calculation of per capita tax potential and average per capita tax potential mentioned in the fifth paragraph of III° of Article L. 2334-7, the population to be taken into account is that calc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-5

Is an advanced electronic seal with qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-5 an electronic seal in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliam…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-21

…e expiry of the document, a period of five years has elapsed without the file having been updated ; 2° The file of a foreign national containing data relating to a deportation order or a permanent ban…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-3-1

…the duration of the contract including, where applicable, its renewal(s), is fourteen days or more; 2° Half of the duration of the expired contract if the duration of the contract including, where app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56-1

I. - Except in the cases provided for in 2° of I of Article L. 613-55-1, the resolution college may cancel debt instruments and other eligible commitments issued by a person referred to in I of Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-4

…the table above, in the first paragraph of article L. 511-34, the words: or, for the application of 2° of this article, a group within the meaning of article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code and the wor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-4

…the table above, in the first paragraph of article L. 511-34, the words: or, for the application of 2° of this article, a group within the meaning of article L. 356-1 of the Insurance Code and the wor…

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