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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-3

Commercial courts hear:1° Disputes relating to commitments between merchants, between craftsmen, between credit institutions, between finance companies or between them;2° Those relating to commercial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Opposition to the hiring of apprentices.

Article L6225-3

…ive authority decides that the current contracts cannot continue to be performed, the decision entails the termination of the contracts on the date of notification of this refusal to the parties conce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Public policy

Article L3151-3

Any employee may, at his or her request and in agreement with his or her employer, use the rights allocated to the time savings account to supplement his or her remuneration or to gradually stop worki…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Contraceptives.

Article L5134-3

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat:1° Measures for the application of Article L. 5134-1;2° The specific conditions for issuing contraceptives in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of foreign employees.

Article L8252-3

The foreign employee referred to in Article L. 8252-1 benefits from the provisions of Chapter III of Title V of Book II of Part Three relating to wage insurance and liens for the sums due to him pursu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Agreements.

Article L5132-3

Only the recruitment of people eligible for a pathway to integration through economic activity entitles them to financial aid for the integration companies, temporary work integration companies, inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion to part-time or full-time work

Article L3123-3

Part-time employees who wish to take up or return to a job of at least the same duration as that mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3123-7 or a full-time job and full-time employees who wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-33

The union is dissolved:a) Either automatically on expiry of the term set by the decision establishing it or on completion of the operation it was intended to carry out or when it no longer has more th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article L512-3

I.-When they are registered or renew their registration, insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and insurance intermediaries acting on an ancillary basis are required to provide the body that keeps t…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER III: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Article L133-3

…en the exercise of activities or the operation of aircraft, products or equipment mentioned in articles…

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