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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-22

…t by collective agreements concluded after the date of publication of the aforementioned Act no. 2008-596 of 25 June 2008;-shorter periods fixed in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Article R141-2

…ered on the list of legal experts for the court of appeal provided for in article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to legal experts are automatically registered on the list drawn up for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-15-1

…ic transmission to the State representative takes place within the deadlines set by article L. 1612-8 of this code.Budget documents are transmitted electronically in the format of the computerised bud…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5

…anufacturer, agent, distributor or importer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 to carry out, cause to be carried out, disseminate or cause to be disseminated advertising…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-12

…complying with the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017, payment service providers providing the payment initiation service, on th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

…to the contrary, the French sub-account, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual retirem…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L591-2

…cle L. 552-2, the words: "or until their effective transfer to another European State" are deleted; 8° The provisions of Title VII are not applicable; 9° The last paragraph of Article L. 581-3 is not…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-4-1

A mixed-activity holding company is a parent undertaking other than an establishment, a financial holding company or a mixed-activity financial holding company, which includes at least one establishme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

I. - 1° Deeds, judgments, documents and writings relating to the application of the law of 28 October 1946 on war damage are, provided that they expressly refer to it, exempt from registration duties…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-4

In the absence of a joint decision by the supervisory authority on a consolidated basis, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take a decision, on an individual or sub-consolidate…

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