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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preparation, audit and approval of accounts

Article 512

For protected adults, the management accounts are checked and approved annually by the subrogated guardian where one has been appointed or by the family council where article 457 is applied. Where sev…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L312-2

All owners of sports facilities are required to notify the authorities so that a list of facilities can be drawn up.Under the responsibility of the Ministers of Education and Sport, a list is drawn up…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 258

1° The following are also reserved for ships operated by shipowners who are nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Destruction before trial of certain categories of goods.

Article 389 bis

1. In the event of the seizure of goods :-classified by law as dangerous or harmful, or the manufacture, trade or possession of which is unlawful ;-as well as goods intended for human or animal consum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-26

I. - A general-purpose investment fund may have one or more sub-funds if its articles of association or fund rules so provide. Each sub-fund shall give rise to the issue of a class of units or shares…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-37

In accordance with the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the assets of an undertaking for collective real estate investment are made up of :1° At least 60% in property assets. In t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Absence due to illness or accident.

Article L1226-1

Any employee with one year's seniority in the company is entitled, in the event of absence from work justified by incapacity resulting from illness or accident as certified by a medical certificate an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-34

In companies with at least fifty employees, where the redundancy project concerns at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the Social and Economic Committee may, where appropriate on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Criteria for ordering redundancies.

Article L1233-5

When the employer makes a collective redundancy for economic reasons, and in the absence of an applicable collective labour agreement, it defines the criteria used to determine the order of redundanci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13-2

Disciplinary powers are exercised by a National Disciplinary Commission, which is chaired by a president of a chamber of the Cour de cassation, appointed by the first president of the Cour de cassatio…

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