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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-25

The rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be exercised with the Agence de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…rticles 13-1 and 14 of Law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975, as amended, relating to subcontracting; 2° Articles L. 1251-49 to L. 1251-53 and articles L. 7123-19, L. 7123-21 and L. 7123-22 of the Frenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-2

The diploma and traineeship conditions provided for in 6° and 8° of Article R. 742-1 are waived for persons who have held positions of responsibility in a commercial court registry for at least ten ye…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-23

…g of personal data, known as "criminal records processing", for the purposes mentioned in l'article 230-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Association employment vouchers and company service vouchers

Article D1272-2

The use of a simplified system by the employers mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 133-5-6 of the Social Security Code implies, with regard to the employees declared by means of this system, complia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-22

…most representative departmental emergency medical transport association mentioned in article R. 6312-20 will call on all the approved medical transport companies in the department and propose a distr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-27

A repurchase agreement is a transaction whereby a legal entity, a unit trust, a real estate investment trust, a professional real estate investment trust, a specialised financing fund or a securitisat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Adjudication

Article L211-21

Voluntary or forced public auctions of financial securities shall be conducted, if the securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, by the investment services providers which are members…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-28

…t of a dividend entitlement, giving entitlement to the tax credit provided for in b of 1 of article 220 of the General Tax Code;2. The payment of interest subject to the withholding tax provided for i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Pension

Article L211-29

The repurchase agreement becomes enforceable against third parties as soon as the financial securities are delivered, the terms of which are set by decree.

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