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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Protection in the event of a partial transfer of undertaking or establishment.

Article L2414-1

The transfer of an employee included in a partial transfer of an undertaking or establishment by application of article L. 1224-1 may only take place after authorisation by the Labour Inspector if the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

The interruption or notification of non-renewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the emp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title II: Provisions relating to Book II

Article 2500

Articles 515-14 to 710, with the exception of articles 642 and 643, are applicable in Mayotte subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles 2501 et 2502. The provisions relating to buildings app…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Leasing companies

Article L571-13

The penalties provided for in article L. 571-3 shall apply to any person who, either directly or on behalf of a company, engages in the activities defined in article L. 515-2 without complying with th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-32

The information specified in the second paragraph of article L. 224-90 are stipulated on pain of nullity of the contract.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-33

The fact that a professional, on the pretext of presenting candidates for marriage or a stable union, brings together or causes to communicate persons, one of whom is remunerated by him, or is placed,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R20

Receipts recording the payment or partial payments of the bond are detached from a counterfoil notebook kept by the revenue manager.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R23-2

The Public Prosecutor's Office, of its own motion or at the request of the civil parties, shall produce to the departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances, which are responsible for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R23-1

When the examining magistrate orders that the part of the bond allocated to guarantee the rights of the victim or the creditor of a maintenance debt be paid to them in advance, they shall be notified…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R23-4

In the cases provided for in the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and in the first paragraph of Article 142-3, the sums returned to the person prosecuted are increased, where applicable, by accrued in…

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