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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article R2362-5

Pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 2362-3 insofar as it refers to Article L. 2352-3, the number of seats per Member State on the special negotiating body is equal to : 1° Up to 10% of the t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article R2372-5

Pursuant to Article L. 2372-3 insofar as it refers to Article L. 2352-3, the number of seats per Member State on the special negotiating body is equal to : 1° Up to 10% of the total workforce: 1 seat;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…liver, on the date referred to in III of Article L. 211-17. Without prejudice to 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 Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article R1611-37

…icle 74 of Law 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men, and of the decree no. 2015-354 of 27 March 2015 relating to equal access for women and men to commissions and consulta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals receiving a pension for an accident at work or occupational disease

Article L426-5

A foreign national who receives a pension for an accident at work or an occupational disease from a French organisation and whose permanent disability rate is equal to or greater than 20% will be issu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6362-22

If, in carrying out its duties, the territorial audit chamber finds that the implementation of the budget has resulted in a deficit likely to lead to the measures for restoring the balance provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6262-22

If, in carrying out its duties, the territorial audit chamber finds that the implementation of the budget has resulted in a deficit likely to lead to the measures for restoring the balance provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5422-2

I.-When the person concerned has taken up paid employment before having exhausted the rights to the insurance allowance previously granted to him/her, he/she benefits, in the event of loss of this new…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

When the merger operations referred to in Article L. 236-1 of the Commercial Code or the demerger operations referred to in Article L. 236-18 of the same Code involve transfers of the portfolio of con…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: OFFICIAL EXECUTION

Article R722-1

…y another State, shall be made under the conditions laid down by Council Decision No 2004/191/EC of 23 February 2004 setting out the criteria and practical arrangements for the compensation of the fin…

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