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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-39

The Standing Conference on Women's Sport may be consulted at the request of the Minister responsible for Sport, the Minister responsible for Women's Rights, the Minister responsible for the Economy or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration.

Article R512-39

Société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel may carry out any financial transactions on behalf of other maritime mutual credit institutions and provide them with its services. It centralises all surplu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-31

…attend committee meetings.The committee meets at least once a year. In application of article L. 2531-12 it is asked for its opinion on the distribution of credits from the solidarity fund for munici…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

I.-A foreign national who has been granted a work permit as provided for in article R. 5221-1 may, in accordance with the terms of the permit, carry out paid employment in France if he/she holds one o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-32

…l increase by subscription of shares for cash, the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 223-7 shall apply. At least one quarter of the nominal value of the shares must be paid up at the time…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to oral proceedings

Article 446-3

The judge may, at any time, invite the parties to provide the explanations of fact and law that he deems necessary for the resolution of the dispute and give them formal notice to produce, within a pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-3

…a discrepancy between the two texts, only the text drawn up in the language of the foreign employee may be invoked against the latter.The employer may not invoke the clauses of an employment contract…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-3

…m, whenever a conflict of interest arises between himself and the insurer.No clause in the contract may prejudice, within the limits of the cover, the freedom of choice granted to the insured by the t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and remedies

Article L261-3

A financial penalty may be imposed by the Minister responsible for culture on the transferring producer in the event of failure to comply with the notification obligation set out in Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-3

The order made pursuant to article 705-2 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, t…

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