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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-20

If the judge finds at the hearing to open the personal recovery proceedings with judicial liquidation that the debtor is clearly in the situation defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 742-21,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article L327-2

The movable assets of French companies subject to State control by virtue of article L. 310-1 are allocated by a general lien to the settlement of their commitments to policyholders and beneficiaries…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-1

The provisions of Title I of Book II of this part are applicable to the communes of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, with the exception of those of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-2, L…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Electorate and eligibility.

Article L2314-24

In staff portage companies, all staff portage employees who satisfy the seniority conditions defined by article L. 2314-21 and who, at the time the lists are drawn up, are carrying out a portage servi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-5

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

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-5

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 Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

The limitation on the number of seats on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board that may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-1

The practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 and in article L. 952-21 of the Education Code who work at least eight half-days a week in public health establishments are authorised to carry o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-29

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-21, the rate of increase for overtime is 10% for each overtime hour worked up to one tenth of the hours provided for in the employment…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-23

Litigation and enforcement proceedings other than those referred to in Article L. 622-21 are pursued during the observation period against the debtor, after the judicial representative and the adminis…

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