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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Operation and control.

Article L522-21

The chairmen, managers, directors and staff of general shop operations are, under the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the Penal Code, are bound by professional secrecy in all matters relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election and composition.

Article L4422-21

In the event of the seat of President of the Corsican Executive Council becoming vacant for any reason whatsoever, its functions shall be temporarily exercised by an Executive Councillor chosen in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-21

The regional audit chamber participates in the audit of the budgetary acts of the territorial collectivity of Corsica and its public establishments and audits their accounts, under the conditions prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions and allowances

Article L5424-21

Workers who are unemployed and who have exhausted their unemployment insurance rights under the specific provisions relating to performing artists and to workers and technicians in sound recording, fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-22

A nurse who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-21

By way of derogation from the rules on consultation of employee representative bodies laid down in this Title and in Book III of Part Two, a company, group or branch agreement may lay down the terms a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22

Each year, the insurance or capitalisation company will inform the policyholder of:-the amount of the surrender value or, for contracts linked to the cessation of professional activity, the transfer v…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Meetings

Article L2315-22

Save in exceptional circumstances, the members of the staff delegation of the Social and Economic Committee shall submit to the employer a written note setting out the purpose of the requests made, tw…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-21

Any third party holder of the purchase price of a business with which an address for service has been elected must make the distribution within one hundred and five days of the date of the deed of sal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising and general information

Article L341-21

The fact that an advertiser disseminates or causes to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 313-3 to L. 313-5 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 e…

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