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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Lifelong vocational guidance

Article L6111-4

A dematerialised service is hereby created, free of charge and accessible to all persons, enabling them to: 1° Receive initial information and personalised advice on vocational guidance and training;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Automated processing relating to the monitoring of persons placed under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-12

The purposes of the automated processing of personal data relating to the monitoring of persons placed under mobile electronic surveillance provided for by article L. 544-2 of the Penitentiary Code, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-26

When the performance of the following services requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Breach of contract

Article D6222-21-1

Within a period that may not be less than five calendar days from the date of referral to the mediator as provided for in article L. 6222-18, the apprentice shall inform the employer of his intention…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

The management report, the inventory and the annual accounts drawn up by the managers are submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval, within six months of the end of the said financial year.T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-1

In communes of 3,500 inhabitants or more, the summary data on the commune's financial situation, provided for in 1° of the third paragraph of article L. 2313-1, include the following ratios: 1° Real o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-3

The persons mentioned in 2° to 2°e and 3°a of Article L. 561-2 shall take measures to determine whether the beneficiaries of life insurance or capitalisation contracts and, where applicable, their ben…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to certain overseas collectivities

Article R3131-16

For the application of this chapter in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° Articles R. 3131-4 to R. 3131-9 do not apply ; 2° II of article R. 3131-10 is replaced by the following provisions: "II.-The ORSAN p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-3

I.- Except in cases where the period of Ineligibility is not applied or is reduced under the conditions provided for in article L. 232-23-3-10 and without prejudice to the granting of a suspended susp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article L2123-2

I.-Independently of the leave of absence from which they benefit under the conditions set out in article L. 2123-1, mayors, deputy mayors and municipal councillors are entitled to a credit of hours en…

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