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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 762-5

The sentence enforcement judge may also decide to provisionally suspend the execution of the residence ban measure in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-6. In urgent cases, provisio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plan giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article A142-4

Where the retirement savings plan includes a supplementary guarantee as provided for in 3° of article L. 142-3 of the French Insurance Code, the plan manager will provide the policyholder with the fol…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article A160-1

The register of objections provided for in article A. 160-3 is kept at the registered office in the case of French companies and, in the case of foreign companies, at the registered office of the esta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Special privileges

Article 2332

Other than those provided for by special laws, preferential claims on certain movables are: 1° All sums due in execution of a lease or the occupation of a building, on the furniture furnishing the pre…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-4

If the beneficiary of the trust has acquired free disposal of the property pursuant to Article 2488-3, he shall pay to the settlor, where the value mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of that Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue.

Article L3262-1

The meal voucher is a special payment voucher issued by the employer to employees to enable them to pay for all or part of the cost of a meal consumed in a restaurant or purchased from a person or org…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4321-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 4321-2, the use of new work equipment which does not comply with the provisions of Article L. 4311-1 is permitted for demonstration purposes only. The nece…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose.

Article L5111-1

The purpose of employment aid is : 1° To facilitate the continuity of employees' activity in the face of transformations resulting from economic change and, to this end, to promote their adaptation to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Infringements of the rules relating to occupational medicine.

Article L4745-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 4621-1 to L. 4624-9 and L. 4644-1 and the regulations made for their application is punishable, in the event of a repeat offence within three years…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-14

Where the activity of the intermediary association is carried out under the conditions of this sub-section, the following shall not apply: 1° Sanctions relating to temporary work, as provided for in a…

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