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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monthly statement of employment contracts

Article D1221-29

Within the first eight days of each month, the employer must send the DARES (Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques) a statement of the employment contracts concluded…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Resignation for refusal of service

Article D1442-20

The president of the industrial tribunal, after obtaining the opinion of the vice-president, records the refusal of service of an industrial tribunal member of his court as provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-2

Water intended for human consumption must, under the conditions laid down in this section :- not contain a number or concentration of micro-organisms, parasites or any other substances constituting a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the régies (R).

Article R1617-2

The revenue, imprest and imprest accounts of local authorities and their public establishments are set up in accordance with the provisions specific to each category of body, with the assent of the as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Procedure applicable to gifts (R).

Article R2242-2

Claims concerning legacies in favour of a commune or a communal public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to electronic signatures

Article A53-2

An advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-3 is an advanced electronic signature, in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/20…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-2

The valuation of items pledged by borrowers is carried out by judicial auctioneers, who are appointed for a renewable term of three years by the director of each municipal credit union.Before making t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and obligation to register

Article R519-2

In addition to the persons mentioned in II of Article L. 519-1 and in Article L. 519-3, the following are not intermediaries in banking transactions and payment services within the meaning of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Payment transactions denominated in euros

Article D722-2

An order of the Minister for the Economy specifies the technical requirements to be met by payment service providers carrying out the payment transactions referred to in Article D. 722-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-2

The employer will pay for tickets purchased by employees in the following categories: 1° Multimodal season tickets with an unlimited number of journeys, as well as annual, monthly, weekly or tacit ren…

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