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

Article L1226-22

In the event of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-16

…umers who have accepted compensation, of the decision given within the time limit set, Articles L. 623-19 and L. 623-20 are applicable and acceptance of compensation under the terms of the decision co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-16

…he implementation of the emergency measures provided for in Articles 18 to 21 of Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 669

…s bare ownership are taken into account.II. - Usufruct constituted for a fixed term is estimated at 23% of the value of the entire property for each ten-year period of the duration of the usufruct, wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4

Preimplantation diagnosis is the biological diagnosis carried out using cells taken from the embryo in vitro. Preimplantation diagnosis is only authorised in exceptional cases under the following cond…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-14

The amount of selective aid granted in application of articles 223-1 and 223-9 for the distribution of previously unreleased works other than those mentioned in articles 222-7 and 222-8 and repertory…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

In addition to the labour inspectors mentioned in Article L. 8112-1, customs officers, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, mining engineers and industrial and mining engineers ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…sfer formalities;-optional group contracts with a transferability clause pursuant to article L. 132-23 or article 108 of law no. 2003-775 of 21 August 2003 on pension reform: transfer fees and compens…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-16

…r associations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, inform their employees or agents of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-2

…cle L. 1220-1 and Chapter I of Title II of Book II of this Part in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-51 of 19 January 2017, with the exception of Articles L. 1221-2 and L. 1221-9, are applicab…

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