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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-15

…c Area or authorised in a financial sector other than that in which the acquisition is contemplated;3° or an undertaking controlled by a person, whether natural or legal, who also controls an insuranc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Form, content and transmission of the contract

Article L1254-15

…ween the temporary employment agency and the temporary employee: a) The expiry date and, where applicable, a renewal clause where the contract has a specific expiry date ; b) The methods for calculati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

National education, higher education and research. Corporations of civil servants:-Researchers, engineers, assistant engineers and research technicians governed by decree no. 83-1260 of 30 December 19…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: National holiday voucher agency

Article L411-15

The Agence nationale pour les chèques-vacances is administered by a Board of Directors comprising representatives of holiday voucher beneficiaries, appointed on the recommendation of the trade unions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Trade union meetings.

Article L2142-11

Trade union meetings take place outside participants' working hours, with the exception of staff representatives who may meet during their delegation time.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Vacant or escheated estates

Article 1112 ter

…n duties payable on the deeds and procedures required to obtain the decision declaring the estate vacant and to manage the estates mentioned in the Chapter V of Title I of Book III of the Civil Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Organisation of work

Article R4412-119

The maximum duration of a shift shall not exceed two and a half hours. The maximum daily duration of shifts shall not exceed six hours.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Organisation of work

Article R4412-118

…constraints, postures and efforts: 1° The duration of each shift ; 2° The number of shifts per day; 3° The time required for workers to dress, undress and decontaminate in the facilities provided for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Return of residence permits

Article R432-15

…ment decree, the residence permit is returned to the authority that notified the decision. In other cases of acquisition, it is returned to the prefect of the department of residence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The Director

Article R1431-15

…ration of an industrial and commercial nature may only be dismissed for serious misconduct. In this case, dismissal is decided by a two-thirds majority of the members of the board of directors.

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