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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3121-64

…employees who may enter into an individual lump-sum agreement, in compliance with articles L. 3121-56 and L. 3121-58 ; 2° The reference period for the package, which may be the calendar year or any ot…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

…weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 June 2016 and 1 January 2017 ;b) No later than 18 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-6

Any final conviction against the directors of the management company or those of the custodian, pursuant to article L. 231-3, I and III of article L. 231-4, or articles L. 231-5 and L. 231-7, automati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-6

The ordinary general meeting may appoint one or more statutory auditors. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the thresholds set by decree for two of the following three criteria ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-26

…s of the preceding paragraph shall not, however, apply where the person has been released and has remained or returned to the national territory for at least fifteen days after his presence was reques…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-2

…compensation for damage caused by one of the offences mentioned in the first paragraph of articles 697-1 or 697-4 belongs to those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical provisions for life assurance, marriage and natality insurance and capitalisation operations

Article R343-6

The charge constituted by the allocation to the provision for liquidity risk mentioned in article R. 343-5 may be deferred under conditions specified by order of the Minister for the Economy. However,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of credit institutions by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L772-6

For application in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The second paragraph of Article L. 511-10 is replaced by the following provisions: "Authorisation to operate as a credit institution shall be granted by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-67

…table below: NUMBER OF DECISIONS to be drafted MAXIMUM NUMBER of compensable hours 2 to 25 3 hours 26 to 50 5 hours 51 to 100 7 hours More than 100 9 hours plus 3 hours for every 100 decisions. The du…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-67

…to be informed of the sentenced person's release in accordance with the provisions of Articles 712-16-1 and 712-16-2 or who wishes to be informed of the end of the probationary suspension in accordanc…

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