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

Article L1226-20

Where the employee holds a fixed-term contract, the provisions of the second and last paragraphs of article L. 1226-12 and articles L. 1226-14 to L. 1226-16, relating to the conditions for dismissal o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-5

The liability provided for in Sections 2 to 9 of this Chapter shall not apply in cases of force majeure or where the payment service provider is bound by other legal obligations under national or Comm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-1-1

A decision is taken on the declaration of extension within six months of its submission. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notification provided for in article R. 512-9, until the o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-8

The action may seek the cessation of the breach and, where appropriate, in the event of a breach, compensation for the damage suffered. Except in the case of applicants for a job, an internship or a p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Powers of the State representative

Article L2573-22

I.-The Articles L. 2215-1 to L. 2215-8 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of article L. 2215-8, after the words:…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-3

When the AMF forwards certain facts or information to the Financial Public Prosecutor pursuant to Article L. 621-20-1, certain facts or information to the Financial Public Prosecutor, the report or no…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-14

The holder of a receipt of application for the first issue of the following residence permits is authorised to engage in professional activity: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…Etablissement public de gestion immobilière du Nord-Pas-de-Calais created by the article 191 of law n° 2000-1208 du 13 décembre 2000 relative à la solidarité et au renouvellement urbains lorsque ces l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-13

If house arrest with electronic surveillance is ordered when a person is released, the information provided for in articles D. 32-11 and D. 32-12 are included in the order. The investigating judge or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-6

After payment of the sale price in the case of an auction or completion by the purchaser of the purging formalities in the case of a private sale, the liquidator shall draw up the statement of colloca…

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