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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-25

…d by the transferor. The signature is affixed either by hand or by any non-handwritten method. The slip may be made out to order. The date is affixed by the transferee.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions

Article L317-2

It shall be for the payment service provider to prove that he has met the information requirements laid down in Chapters II and IV of this Title.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L315-2

Each unit of electronic money is issued without delay against the remittance of funds.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L1131-2

In any company with at least three hundred employees and in any company specialising in recruitment, the employees responsible for recruitment receive training in non-discrimination in recruitment at…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Prohibition on prenatal and postnatal use.

Article L1225-29

The employee may not be employed for a total of eight weeks before and after giving birth.The employee may not be employed for six weeks after giving birth.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Professional equality plan.

Article L1143-2

If, at the end of the negotiations, no agreement has been reached, the employer may implement the professional equality plan, subject to having first consulted and obtained the opinion of the social a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-2

A female job applicant or employee is not required to disclose her pregnancy, except where she requests the benefit of the legal provisions relating to the protection of pregnant women.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-21

Where a medical condition is certified as resulting from pregnancy or childbirth, maternity leave is increased by the duration of the condition, up to a maximum of two weeks before the presumed date o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-24

Maternity leave results in the suspension of the employment contract. The employee shall notify the employer of the reason for her absence and the date on which she intends to end it.The duration of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-26

When the trial period is terminated by the employee, he must give forty-eight hours' notice. This notice period is reduced to twenty-four hours if the employee has been with the company for less than…

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