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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-24

…mpany at the end of a training period of more than two months, within the meaning of article L. 124-6 of the Education Code, the duration of this training period is taken into account for the opening…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds and institutions for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-7

The transfer of a portfolio of contracts referred to in article L. 370-6 is subject to the prior agreement of the members and policyholders. For each contract, this agreement takes the form of: 1° A d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval of circuits.

Article R331-38

…ed by the Minister for Sport;5° One member proposed by the Fédération française du sport automobile;6° One member proposed by the French Motorcycling Federation.The members of the commission and its c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-2

…nch territory, French law shall apply by way of derogation from the second paragraph of Article 113-6 and the provisions of the second sentence of Article 113-8 shall not apply.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-3

The draft terms of merger provided for in article R. 322-106-6 shall be filed at the town hall of the municipality in which the registered office of each of the participating companies or funds is loc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Refusal to submit to fingerprinting and photographing operations

Article L821-2

…signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 without fulfilling the entry conditions provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Uni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-11

…ecision or probation decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in Article 764-6. He shall also send that authority a translation of the certificate either into the official la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Information to the judicial authorities by the Banque de France.

Article R131-41

…been reported to it as having been issued in breach of the provisions of Articles L. 131-73 or L. 163-6 . It also indicates, if applicable, that the person who is the subject of the request is banned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of redeployment leave

Article R1233-28

…t; 5° The remuneration paid during the period of outplacement leave exceeding the period of notice; 6° The employee's commitments during the outplacement leave and the conditions for terminating this…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved publication systems

Article D549-4

…he transaction; 4° The time of the transaction; 5° The time at which the transaction was published; 6° The price unit of the transaction; 7° The code of the trading platform on which the transaction w…

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