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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification and verification of the identity of occasional customers

Article R561-10

I.- For the application of the provisions of II of Article L. 561-5, an occasional customer is any person who approaches one of the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 for the sole purpose of prepar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expiry of the contract term and continuation after expiry.

Article L1243-10

The end-of-contract indemnity is not due:1° When the contract is concluded under 3° of article L. 1242-2 or article L. 1242-3, unless there are more favourable contractual provisions;2° Where the cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-104

Without prejudice to the cases provided for in articles L. 1243-1 and L. 1243-2, the employment contract relating to adult relay activities may be terminated, at the end of each of the annual periods…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 100

…ust decline jurisdiction in favour of the other if one of the parties so requests. Failing that, it may do so of its own motion.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 107

The minutes may not be interlined. Cross-outs and cross-overs are approved by the examining magistrate, the court clerk and the witness and, where applicable, by the interpreter. In the absence of app…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Gradual gifts.

Article 1056

…f it depend on the estate of the indebted person, unless the deed expressly provides that his heirs may receive it or designates another second gratified person.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Civil rights

Article 10

…one who, without legitimate cause, fails to fulfil this obligation when lawfully required to do so, may be compelled to do so, if necessary under penalty of a fine or civil penalty, without prejudice…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Domicile

Article 108

Husband and wife may have a separate domicile without prejudice to the rules relating to community of life. Any notification made to a spouse, even one separated from bed and board, in matters of pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-10

…ion, Consumption, Labour and Employment considers imposing the penalty referred to in Article L. 1142-10, he shall inform the employer, by any means which confirms receipt by the addressee, within a m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lead exposure risk report

Article R1334-10

…the report to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency in application of article L. 1334-10, he informs the owner, the co-owners' association or the operator of the accommodation.

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