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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan

Article L3334-13

The regulations of the collective retirement savings plan stipulate that part of the sums collected may be allocated to the acquisition of units in funds invested, within the limits stipulated in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-13

Where an employee has an open-ended employment contract, this contract may, by agreement between the employee and the employer, be suspended for the duration of an apprenticeship contract with the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-13

…58 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of the liberal professions in the form of companies may only hold interests in two companies formed for the purpose of practising one of the professions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-13

…not used on samples from participants and that a visible sign clearly indicates that these devices may not be placed on the market or put into service until they have been brought into compliance.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…aragraph of article 142-5 and in Article 142-12-1, or the electronic device provided for in Article 138-3, where this measure may be ordered in view of the nature of the offences charged. In all cases…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-132

…egotiating their preferential right shall be specified by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.Shareholders may waive their preferential right individually.The decision to convert the preference shares entail…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-13

…four hours per month in companies or establishments with at least five hundred employees. This time may be exceeded in exceptional circumstances. Unless there is a collective agreement to the contrary…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-13

…ication for protective measures and the applications referred to in the first paragraph of Article 1136-12 shall be made before the judge hearing those proceedings. The claim shall be lodged, investig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-13

…of dilution guaranteeing the safety of the medicinal product; in particular, the medicinal product may contain neither more than one part per 10,000 of the mother tincture, nor more than one hundredt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-133

The maximum period of suspension of the possibility of obtaining equity securities by exercising rights attached to securities giving access to the capital, provided for the application of Article L.…

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