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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Cases of force majeure.

Article L1234-12

…to respect the notice period and to pay the redundancy compensation provided for in article L. 1234-9.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 E

…ned in Article 1560 of this Code, Article L. 2333-56 of the General Local Authorities Code and 2 to 9 of II of Article 34 of Law no. 2017-1775 of 28 December 2017 on the rectifying finances for 2017 ;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25-1

…partment referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request information from the funds set up pursuant to 9° of Article 53 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 relating to the amount, origin and destinati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments

Article L763-7

…2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 433-1-1 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 433-1-2 Law no. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 L. 433-2 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 433-3 law no. 2014-384 of 29 Marc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments

Article L762-7

…2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 433-1-1 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 433-1-2 Law no. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 L. 433-2 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 433-3 law no. 2014-384 of 29 Marc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to electronic signatures

Article A53-2

…n advanced electronic signature based on a qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-3 is an advanced electronic signature, in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) No 910/201…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Result

Article R2314-22

…r responsible for labour complies with the general security reference system provided for inarticle 9 of order no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 relating to electronic exchanges between users and admin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-328

…xtension rights applicable to them under the provisions of article 46 of law no. 87-588 of 30 July 1987 on various social measures, the age limit for practitioners governed by the provisions of sectio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-122

In the cases provided for in 1° of VI of Article L. 1333-9, information on the means and measures taken to protect against malicious acts is not provided as part of the application for authorisation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Holiday pay

Article R7213-12

…f dismissal, resignation or death of the employee, the indemnities provided for in articles R. 7213-9 to R. 7213-11 are payable under the conditions determined by articles L. 3141-28 to L. 3141-30, re…

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