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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-30

Where a commune considers that the provisions of the articles of association relating to the representation of communes on the committee of the syndicate, or to the powers exercised by the syndicate,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation conditions.

Article L7122-24

…rticle L. 1221-10 ; 2° providing an employment certificate, as provided for in article L. 1234-19 ; 3° The drafting, content and transmission of the fixed-term employment contract, as provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-295

…nd their establishments; 2° The additional identification number allocated to each establishment; > 3° The code from the French nomenclature of activities in force characterising the principal activit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

…de, under the conditions mentioned in article L. 224-14, to set up compulsory payments mentioned in 3° of article L. 224-2. These compulsory payments may be reserved for one or more categories of empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-16

The cancellation of the validation decision mentioned in article L. 1233-57-2 or the homologation decision mentioned in article L. 1233-57-3 for a reason other than that mentioned in the last paragrap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-8-1

…the context of the permanent departure of an employee prior to the elimination of his workstation; 3° When an exceptional export order arises in the company, whether that of the main contractor or th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-29

The French Nuclear Safety Authority appoints radiation protection inspectors from among its own staff and the staff mentioned in article L. 1421-1.In addition, the Minister for Defence may appoint rad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-8

…and, where applicable, of the other ministers concerned, sets the conditions for this transmission; 3° The biological resources collected by the laboratories responsible for microbiological surveillan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2

…a Member State of the European Communities, under the conditions laid down in Title VI of this Book;3° by the foreign undertakings referred to in article L. 310-10-1, from their branches duly establis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-5

I.-The professional associations referred to in I of Article L. 513-3 are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, which verifies their representativeness, the competence an…

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