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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sponsorship.

Article L6523-3

…om among the employees concerned by an early retirement measure within the meaning of article L. 5123-2, unemployed workers, beneficiaries of one of the replacement incomes whose list is determined by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for negotiating and concluding sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-34

…the agreement intended for publication, shall be attached to the filing provided for in article L. 7343-35. The conditions for application of this article are defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Inspection and discipline

Article R743-3

The Inspectorate General of Justice and the inspectors mentioned in Article R. 743-1 have, in the performance of their duties, a general power of investigation and control. They may be assisted by a c…

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

Article A53-3

The procedure for registering and recording identification and authorisation data for electronic signature processes made available to persons participating in the procedure within the meaning of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-33

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations employees may only refuse to remit amounts claimed in the following cases: 1° On the basis of opposition in their hands, either on the generality of the deposit, or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-36

The statement of objections informs the respondent that it may obtain a copy of the documents in the file from the Enforcement Committee secretariat and be assisted or represented by any counsel of it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-38

Artificial insemination, the use of gametes or germ tissue collected, retrieved or preserved for the purposes of medically assisted procreation in application of articles L. 2141-2, L. 2141-11 and L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-31

The amounts of remuneration provided for in this sub-section are increased from the first day of the month following the day on which the apprentice reaches the age of eighteen, twenty-one or twenty-s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article R6341-31

Beneficiaries of the disabled adults' allowance, defined in article L. 821-1 of the social security code, and the compensation benefit, defined in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-32

The employer shall issue to the employee whom he ceases to employ or who may benefit from his annual leave a certificate justifying his entitlement to leave in duplicate. This certificate shall indica…

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