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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-20

In undertakings and groups of undertakings within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 with at least three hundred employees, as well as in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings within t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L526-23

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, in particular on the basis of the information, concerns or adverse assessment, if any, communicated by the host State authorities, refuse to a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-37

The beneficiaries of aid for difficult programming are operators of cinemas in operation at the time of notification of the decision to award the aid.In the event of a change of operator during the pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-23

The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to the training of jobseekers who use their personal account are paid for by the body mentioned in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Receipts and warrants

Article R522-23

On presentation of the protested warrant, the administration of the general shop shall give the broker appointed for the sale by the warrant holder every facility to proceed with the sale. It shall de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article L225-205

When the meeting approves a proposed capital reduction not motivated by losses, the representative of the bondholders' group and the creditors whose claims predate the date on which the minutes of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

By 31 December each year at the latest, the national joint employment and training committees with competence in the field of entertainment and sport propose for the following year, at the request of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Implementation of the guarantee

Article R1251-20

The temporary employment contractor is considered to be in default within the meaning of article L. 1251-52 if, at the end of a period of fifteen days following receipt of a formal notice, it has not…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Training prior to the issue of the sports agent's licence and ongoing training

Article R222-19

Where provided for in the sports agent regulations, persons admitted to the sports agent examination or who are exempted from it undergo training prior to the issue of the sports agent licence. The co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-19

The endorsement must be written on the cheque or on a sheet of paper attached to it, known as an allonge. It must be signed by the endorser. The endorser's signature is affixed either by hand or by an…

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