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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-37

Without prejudice to the provisions ofarticle L. 1251-5, the agreement or the extended branch agreement of the user undertaking may stipulate the cases in which the waiting period provided for inartic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-3

It is prohibited for the persons mentioned in article L. 1453-4 to receive benefits in cash or in kind, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, offered or procured by the persons mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2573-37

I. - The articles L. 2253-1 to L. 2253-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from the renewal of the municipal councils in 2008 and subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Maintenance of benefits.

Article L5141-3

People who meet one of the conditions mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 5141-1 and who receive the specific solidarity allowance or the widowhood allowance provided for in article L. 356-1 of the So…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-3

To avoid conflicts of interest between the depositary, the management company and, where applicable, the sponsor referred to in IV of Article L. 214-175-1, the securitisation undertaking and its unith…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Substitution of the user for the modelling agency in the event of insufficient security

Article R7123-38

In the event of insufficient security, the user is substituted for the modelling agency for the payment of the sums defined in article R. 7123-20 which remain due by the agency in respect of the servi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Substitution of the user for the modelling agency in the event of insufficient security

Article R7123-39

The employees and the social security bodies have a direct claim against the user thus substituted for the sums still owed to the modelling agency by this user for the provision of the employees.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-3

I.-By decision of their deliberative body, the communes of French Polynesia and their groupings may acquire shares or receive, as a fee, contribution shares issued by a semi-public company created by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5-1

I. - Pharmaceutical establishments and establishments authorised in application of articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 may obtain tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body from a Member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART THREE

Article Annexe 31-2

Preamble Article L. 3125-1 of the Public Health Code, enacted by the Public Health Policy Act of 9 August 2004, provides a reference framework for harm reduction activities aimed at drug users. Those…

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