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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-5

It is the employer's responsibility to take into account the objectives in terms of professional equality between women and men in the company and the measures enabling them to be achieved: 1° In comp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-4

In the event of the opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings in respect of an insurance undertaking, policyholders, subscribers and beneficiaries of insurance contracts and the guarantee fund ref…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article R2223-23-5

The national funeral regulations provided for in Article L. 2223-20 is made up of the provisions of articles R. 2223-24 to R. 2223-33, R. 2223-40 to R. 2223-55-1, R. 2223-67 to R. 2223-72, R. 2223-75…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-131

Any request by one or more heirs of a deceased partner, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, to the preferential allocation to them of the shares of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-130

…the second paragraph of article 24 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 for the transfer of the deceased partner's shares is set at one year from the date of death. It may be extended once for a per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-91

…paragraph of Article 24 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 for the transfer of the shares of a deceased partner is set at one year from the death of the partner. It may be renewed by the president…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-4

…responsible for labour, mines, the environment and agriculture sets out the list of specific workplaces mentioned in b of 4° of article R. 4451-1, as well as the specific procedures for applying artic…

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

Article R5122-12

The hourly rate of the partial activity allowance paid to the employer corresponds, for each employee authorised to be placed on partial activity, to a percentage of the previous gross hourly remunera…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-10

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-3

Establishments or organisations which store and distribute tissues or their derivatives or cell therapy preparations which have been transferred to them by an establishment or organisation authorised…

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