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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-34

A decree in Council of State specifies the conditions for application of this sub-section. It lays down the procedures for informing users of a work, videogram, programme, phonogram or press publicati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36

…ignment contract expires, neither a fixed-term contract nor an assignment contract may be used to fill the position of the employee whose contract has expired, before the expiry of a waiting period ca…

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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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-32

In each housing finance company, the specific controller referred to in Article L. 513-23 ensures that the company complies with Articles L. 513-28 to L. 513-30.It also verifies that the housing loans…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

I. - To finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-33

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-31

Article L. 632-2 of the French Commercial Code does not apply to contracts entered into by a housing finance company or to legal acts performed by or for the benefit of a housing finance company where…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Right of communication

Article L811-3

Without prejudice to any professional secrecy other than medical secrecy, the authorities and private individuals mentioned in 1° to 8° of Article L. 811-4 shall transmit to the competent administrati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Resignation and dissolution

Article L3121-3

When a departmental councillor tenders his resignation, he sends it to the president of the departmental council, who immediately notifies the representative of the State in the department..

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