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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62-1

…ther commercial event covered by Chapter II of Title VI of Book VII of the Commercial Code takes place on the territory of a European grouping of territorial cooperation, the representative of the Sta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Termination of detention in the waiting area

Article L342-19

…d of the period set by the last detention decision, the foreign national is authorised to enter France on a regularisation visa for a period of eight days. He/she must have left French territory by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-22

In the event of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-18

…h the contract is suspended if he can prove that the employee is guilty of serious misconduct or force majeure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-21

…compensation may not be less than the amount of salary and benefits that the employee would have received until the end of the current period of validity of his contract. The same applies to an emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-19

…ffered, which may not be less than the amount of salary and benefits that the employee would have received until the end of the renewal period provided for in the contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

…The termination of the contract entitles the employee to an indemnity which may not be less than twice the amount of the indemnity provided for in article L. 1234-9. This termination indemnity is paid…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Portion of contract performance reserved for SMEs

Article L2213-14

The partnership contract stipulates the minimum proportion of contract performance that the contractor undertakes to entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or tradespeople. This minimum proport…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Failure to comply with house arrest requirements

Article L733-17

Failure to comply with the requirements relating to house arrest, placement under mobile electronic surveillance and a ban on contact with certain named persons whose behaviour is linked to activities…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L651-8

…iquelon, in Article L. 632-1, the words: "tribunal judiciaire du chef-lieu du département" are replaced by the words: "tribunal de première instance".

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