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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-63

…mutual insurance companies governed by the Insurance Code, non-profit associations governed by the law of 1 July 1901 or the local law applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-1

…4° For the death of a child, spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother or sister;5° For the announcement of the onset of a disability, a chroni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-1

…r in this Chapter.Article L. 1271-2 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.The second paragraph of the same article is applicable in New Cal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2423-2

…subject to the following adaptation:In Article L. 2222-2 applicable in its wording resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, 3° is replaced by the following provisions:3° In a place other t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 undecies

…able to prove their status as agents duly registered with the commission mentioned in article 26 of law no. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 relating to the status of newspaper and periodical publication groupi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…nalty may be claimed on documents produced in connection with the application of the aforementioned law of 15 December 1923, as amended by the law of 6 February 1941. The foregoing provisions do not a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-15

…istration of establishments which are the subject of syndicates is subject to the rules of ordinary law. In particular, the laws which lay down, for similar establishments, the constitution of advisor…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The procedure for approving a partial agreement and adjudicating the residual dispute

Article 1561

…eement determined. The parties may only change the legal basis of their claim or raise new pleas in law in order to respond to the judge's invitation to provide the explanations of fact or law that he…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 43

…to appeals under article 699 of the local code of civil procedure, article 17 (paragraph 2) of the law of 30 June 1878 relating to indemnities granted to witnesses and experts, articles 4 and 16 of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L3311-1

The provisions of this Title apply to private-law employers and their employees. They also apply to 1° Public industrial and commercial establishments ; 2° Public administrative establishments when th…

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