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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5215-14

…art of execution of a transferred operation, costs have been incurred by the commune with a view to carrying out this operation, they may be reimbursed by the urban community under conditions set by a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-15

…the account the points corresponding to the data declared by the employer pursuant to article L. 4163-6 and shall inform the worker each year of the points acquired in respect of the previous year in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier.

Article R513-14

…r finance companies linked to a société de crédit foncier by a contract referred to in Article L. 513-15 shall identify the staff and resources required to collect debts and apply the contracts held b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Incompatibilities

Article R784-15

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: " the Institut d'émission d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-14

…stered for at least five years on the list referred to in Article L. 812-2 and who have, where applicable, completed the training period under the conditions provided for in II of Article R. 812-13 ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-15

The general representative of branches of companies referred to in 3° of Article L. 310-2 duly established in France must be vested with sufficient powers by the company concerned to bind the latter v…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-7

…iciaire shall draw up statements of claims as follows: 1. For the claims mentioned in articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15, within ten days of the judgment opening the proceedings; 2.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-15

If the worker has had an information and prevention visit within the last five years or, in the case of the worker referred to in Article R. 4624-17, within the last three years prior to his recruitme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-15

…vely to receive funds held on behalf of others; 2° Insurance covering their professional liability; 3° Insurance or a guarantee guaranteeing the representation of the funds mentioned in 1°.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special allowance agreement for older workers

Article R5123-15

The total amount of the special allowance is equal to 65% of the daily reference salary up to the ceiling provided for in article L. 241-3 of the Social Security Code, plus 50% of the reference salary…

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