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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board

Article L2363-8

…Society constituted by transformation, if a participation system exists in the cooperative which is to be transformed, the level of participation rights is at least equivalent to that enjoyed by the e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-8

…ompany resulting from the cross-border operation shall ensure that they are allocated in proportion to the number of employees of the company employed in each Member State of the European Union.By way…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article L4733-8

If the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer finds that there is a serious risk of harm to the health, safety or physical or moral integrity of the young person in the company, he or she may propose…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-8

The general meetings of the European Company shall be subject to the rules laid down in Section 3 of Chapter V of this Title in so far as they are compatible with the aforementioned Council Regulation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-8

The customs detention report is drawn up in accordance with Article 64 I of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of the same article 64 shall also…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS

Article 810-1

The rates or coefficients used to calculate the investment allowances referred to in articles 211-26, 211-28, 211-29, 222-4, 232-6 and 232-7, as well as the rates used to calculate and the ceilings fo…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-8

Subject to the provisions of 2° of article L. 411-10, the employer, after consulting the works council or, where there is no works council, the staff representatives or any other consultative body wit…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R411-8

Each year, the Minister for Tourism publishes a report on the economic and social impact of the use of holiday vouchers.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title V: Provisions specific to the joint tribunal for rural leases.

Article 898-1

In the cases provided for by law or regulation, the president of the joint tribunal shall rule in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-8

…y in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R.…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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