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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2631-1

…Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon which concern in particular its establishments located in Wallis and Futuna are n…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R542-2

For the application of articles R. 521-1, R. 522-1, R. 523-1, R. 524-1 and R. 525-2 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the references to the director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and emplo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Incentives, profit-sharing and employee savings schemes.

Article L3431-1

…France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-8

…ions set out in article R. 2336-7 accruing to the communes of the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and to the territorial constituencies of the Wallis and Futuna Islands shall be d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R3135-10

…ishes a notice of modification of the concession contract in the cases provided for in Articles R. 3135-2 and R. 3135-5. This notice is published in the Official Journal of the European Union under th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations.

Article R441-7

The economic sectors defined in III of Article L. 441-15 are: 1° The motor industry sector listed under division 29 of section C of the French activity nomenclature; >The construction sector listed un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: FIA

Article L214-24

I. - Investment funds governed by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011, known as "AIFs": 1° Raise capital from a number of investors with a view to investi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title V: Investor protection

Article D452-2

…il de Discipline de la Gestion Financière ; b) The sanctions provided for in 4 and 5 of article L. 613-21 or in 3° to 5° of article L. 310-18 of the Insurance Code; c) a personal bankruptcy order or o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…of the Charter relating to the quality of subtitling for the deaf or hard of hearing of 12 December 2011 and those of the Audiodescription Charter of 10 December 2008.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article R5212-1-1-1

The provisions of articles R. 5211-13-2 to R. 5211-13-6 are applicable to syndicats de communes.

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