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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Financial provisions.

Article L5428-1

Subject to the provisions stipulating that they may not be assigned or seized, allowances, assistance and any other benefits paid by Pôle emploi may be assigned and seized under the same conditions an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-15

The Minister for Defence is consulted prior to any dissolution, as provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-9, of a health cooperation grouping in which an army hospital or other element of the army heal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-6

…share exchange ratio and the valuation methods used, which must be consistent for the companies concerned, as well as, where applicable, any particular valuation difficulties.Publicity of the offer t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article R40-36

…directly to the territorially competent public prosecutor or to a magistrate designated in accordance with articles 230-9and 230-14, or, via the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L775-17

…ht-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 523-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 201…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-23

Before appointing a technician pursuant to Article L. 621-9, the official receiver shall hear the debtor's observations. However, where it appears justified not to call an opposing party, the official…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3313-10

…m it have left the company, or when the calculation and distribution of the profit-sharing takes place after such a departure, the form and the note provided for in article D. 3313-9 are also sent to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Formation and operation of regional joint cross-industry committees

Article D6323-20-1

…Each member organisation of the Board of Directors has a number of votes proportional to the audience established at national and cross-industry level in application of 3° of article L. 2122-9.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-5

To ensure the security of the parties and the clarity of the contract, life insurance contracts and capitalisation contracts must include clauses defining the purpose of the contract and the respectiv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-40

…ween the Member States of the European Union, the person thus extradited may be prosecuted or sentenced for an offence committed prior to the surrender, other than that for which extradition was reque…

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