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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Professionalisation contracts

Article L981-4

Temporary employment agencies may employ the persons referred to in article L. 981-1 under the conditions defined in articles L. 981-1 to L. 981-3 and under the terms of a fixed-term contract conclude…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-33

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is responsible for monitoring compliance by the institutions referred to in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 with the legislative and regulatory pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-1

The staff of public health establishments include, in addition to hospital staff within the meaning of 6° ofarticle L. 7 of the General Civil Service Code, the teaching and hospital staff mentioned in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-8

I.-Without prejudice to the right of ownership or retention enforceable against the collective proceedings and the provisions of articles L. 622-17 and L. 641-13, the amount of distributable assets is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L764-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L762-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations

Article L763-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-7

The owner of a business subject to the lien or pledge provided for in Chapters I to III of Title IV of this Book must, prior to joining a collective shop and transferring the business to the said shop…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24

…as the person concerned, the president of the French Anti-Doping Agency, the competent international federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency and, where applicable, the national anti-doping organisat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-13

From the day on which the application is filed and until the day on which the documentary search prior to the report provided for in Article L. 612-14 has been commenced, the applicant may file new cl…

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