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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

…ating companies, subsidiaries and establishments concerned. In this case, the provisions of Chapter III shall not apply. Such a decision may not be taken in the case of a société européenne formed by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-3-2

…istributing or disseminating advertising in favour of one of the processes referred to in 1° to 3°. III.-It is punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to knowingly import, di…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Seniority requirements

Article R6323-9-1

…eriods during which no assignment is carried out are taken into account when calculating seniority. III - The seniority referred to in this article is assessed on the date of the employee's departure…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014; 3° This Title and Title III of this Book; 4° Any other legislative or regulatory provision, failure to comply with which ent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L773-43

…t to 8° of Article 6-2 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the provisions of II, III and IV, Articles L. 562-1 to L. 562-15 are automatically applicable in New Caledonia. II - For t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Urban policy allocation

Article L2334-41

…1,000,000 per eligible commune. These credits are used in accordance with the conditions set out in III of article L. 2334-40. The population to be taken into account for the application of the third…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530

…ond paragraph of Article 529-2, in the second paragraph of Article 529-5 or the second paragraph of III of Article 529-6 is enforced in accordance with the rules laid down by this Code for the enforce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-1-1

…t he can inform the third party donor under the conditions provided for in II of article L. 1131-1. III - When the person in charge of a centre for medically assisted procreation informs, in applicati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-25

…s needed to prove this. Amounts paid in this context are definitively forfeited to the beneficiary. III -Pôle emploi and the Agence des services et de paiement will send the Minister for Employment an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and representativeness of the association

Article R513-23

…mpulsory membership, or at least 5% when the association is also recognised as representative under III of Article L. 541-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code or Article R. 519-54 of the Monetary and…

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