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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-3

Natural persons guilty of one of the offences referred to in articles L. 353-1 and L. 353-2 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Disqualification from civic, civil and family righ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single subsection: Public policy.

Article L3141-28

Where the employment contract is terminated before the employee has been able to benefit from all of the leave to which he was entitled, he shall receive, for the fraction of leave that he did not ben…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Information for foreign creditors and declaration of claims

Article L693-1

Any foreign creditor or his agent or representative of his choice and, where applicable, the insolvency practitioners appointed to represent the interests of creditors in insolvency proceedings opened…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-13

The company's contribution may not replace any of the remuneration elements, such as those taken into account to determine the basis of contributions defined inarticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Inter-municipal equalisation fund

Article L2573-51

The communes receive resources from the intercommunal equalisation fund under the conditions provided for by Article 52 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prohibited games and lotteries

Article L775-38

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-5

As stated in article 226-29 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Attempted offences under articles 226-25, 226-26, 226-27 and 226-28 are punishable by the same penalties. "

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to European Cooperative Societies not initially subject to the formation of the Special Negotiating Body

Article L2363-12

In the case of the European Cooperative Society referred to in Article L. 2363-11, the terms of involvement referred to in Chapter I of this Title are determined under the following conditions: 1° Wit…

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