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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-4

…h period, or for twelve months in any twenty-four-month period, will receive a monthly payment of 685 euros when they follow a training course approved under the conditions set out in 2° and 3° of art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-3

…d, divorced, separated or unmarried persons who are solely responsible for the actual and permanent care of one or more children residing in France, as well as single women under the age of twenty-six…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A quater

I.-In accordance with 4° of 2 of Article 293 A, the persons mentioned in II who lodge the import declaration or who appoint the person who lodges the declaration for this purpose may opt to be liable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-24

To carry out their mandate, each employee representative elected by the college mentioned in 2° of B of II of article L. 1233-5 benefits from twenty hours of delegation per month. The duration of comm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5-2

…tual loan is usurious, the excessive sums collected in accordance with articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-5-1 are automatically deducted from the normal interest and, subsidiarily, from the principal of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article D4311-52-2

I.-The nominative lists referred to in Article L. 4311-15 include nurses who hold a training qualification or authorisation to practise required to practise the profession, and who are employed by pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-24

…management, executive or administrative body drawn up pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 236-36 by each company participating in the merger shall explain and justify the draft terms of cros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Scope and transitional provisions relating to the governance of investment firms

Article L533-24-2

Sub-sections 2, 3 and 4 of this section do not apply to class 3 investment firms. Where a class 2 investment firm finds that it qualifies as a class 3 investment firm, subsections 2, 3 and 4 cease to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-29-1

…er-communal cooperation meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 5212-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-24

In the event of a vacancy caused by the death or resignation of one or more directors, the Board of Directors may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments. When the number of direc…

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