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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-21

…rade union representative and where the usual number of employees is less than eleven, the employer may propose a draft agreement or an amendment to the employees, covering all the subjects open to co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-21

…the value-added services sector, each electronic communications operator, within the meaning of the 6° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, operating one or more val…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2312-21

…e quarterly information for the Social and Economic Committee provided for in 3° of Article L. 2312-69 sets out, month by month, the changes in the workforce and in the qualifications of employees by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-21

…ch mainly takes in athletes registered on the list of "Espoirs" athletes provided for in article R. 221-11 and enables them to benefit from the training and preparation provided for in 1° to 3° of art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 septdecies

…Mutual Code and provident institutions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code may allocate a special solvency reserve account up to the amount of taxable income for the financial…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-21

…ntrol officers and judicial police officers all information and documents in their possession which may prove useful in the fight against counterfeiting, with the exception of that which they have col…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-21

After the coffin has been closed, the body of a deceased person may not be transported to a commune other than that in which this operation took place, without a prior declaration made, by any means i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-21

…ister of Justice, and to the Government Commissioner. The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may lodge an appeal against this deliberation with the Council of State within one month of its noti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-13

…the Civil Code. In the case of rental risk insurance or neighbour's recourse insurance, the insurer may not pay to anyone other than the owner of the rented property, the neighbour or the third party…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-13

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require the modification or decide the withdrawal of any document which is contrary to legislative and regulatory provisions, with the exceptio…

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