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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69

The initiative-emploi contract is a private law employment contract for an indefinite or fixed term concluded in application of article L. 1242-3. Where it is concluded for a fixed term, the renewal r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-60

The statutory auditors of the feeder general-purpose investment fund, the AIF or the master UCITS shall exchange the information necessary to fulfil their respective obligations.The General Regulation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-61

The feeder general-purpose investment fund shall monitor the activity of the master AIF or UCITS. In order to fulfil this obligation, it may rely on the information and documents received from the mas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Unit dispensing of medicinal products in dispensing pharmacies

Article R5132-42-6

By way of derogation from Article R. 5121-138, the label, printed by the pharmacist at the time of dispensing and affixed to the new outer packaging referred to in Article R. 5132-42-4, shall bear the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

I.-The provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-6

I.-No later than eight months before the planned date of opening of the medical biology laboratory, the legal representative of the laboratory shall send the declaration provided for in the first para…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-65

Transfers of successive rights (numbers 11 and 12 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional fee:1° According to the following scale, in the case of the transfer of successive rights en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-28-1

For the examination of requests for the execution of a European arrest warrant concerning the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-62

In order to enable it to carry out the task provided for in Article L. 511-60, the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall be info…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

I. - Title III and Title III bis of Book I of this Part are applicable to Wallis and Futuna subject to the adaptations set out in II:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6 shall apply in Wallis and Futuna…

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