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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-55-1

Prior to their appointment, all external valuation experts shall inform the open-ended real estate investment company or the fund management company whether or not they have taken out an insurance pol…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to securitisation companies

Article L214-177

When the articles of association of the securitisation company provide for the use of forward financial instruments to expose the company, or for the sale of receivables that are not due or for which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal interest rate

Article L313-3

In the event of a pecuniary judgement, the legal interest rate is increased by five points at the end of a period of two months from the date on which the judgement becomes enforceable, even if it is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L1134-4

The dismissal of an employee following legal action taken by or on behalf of that employee, on the basis of the provisions of Chapter II, is null and void where it is established that the dismissal ha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract.

Article L1224-2

The new employer is bound, with regard to the employees whose employment contracts remain in force, by the obligations incumbent on the former employer on the date of the change, except in the followi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5-1

The employer shall provide the employee with one or more written documents containing the main information relating to the employment relationship. An employee who has not received the information ref…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-37

An employee to whom the administrative authority or any body designated by regulation entrusts a child with a view to adoption is entitled to adoption leave of up to sixteen weeks, taken within a peri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1231-5

When an employee hired by a parent company has been placed at the disposal of a foreign subsidiary and an employment contract has been concluded with the latter, the parent company ensures his repatri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-3

The collective agreement referred to inarticle L. 1237-19 is sent to the administrative authority for validation. The administrative authority validates the collective agreement once it has verified:…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions.

Article L1242-6

Apart from the cases provided for in Article L. 1242-5, it is prohibited to enter into a fixed-term employment contract:1° To replace an employee whose employment contract has been suspended as a resu…

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