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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-46

The temporary employment agency provides the statement of assignment contracts to the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1, in particular for the purpose of verifying employees' entitlement to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-47

When a temporary employment agency operates without having made the declarations provided for in Article L. 1251-45 or without having obtained the financial guarantee provided for in Article L. 1251-4…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules.

Article L1251-48

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine :1° The content and procedures for the declarations provided for in Article L. 1251-45 and the deadline for submitting them to the administrative authori…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-4

The signing of a contract between a performer and a producer for the production of an audiovisual work constitutes authorisation to fix, reproduce and communicate the performer's performance to the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2122-4

The Town Council elects the mayor and deputy mayors from among its members by secret ballot. No person may be elected mayor who is not at least eighteen years of age. The office of mayor is incompatib…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-4

…yor assigns in perpetuity, in the cemetery, a fitted ossuary where the exhumed remains are immediately reburied. The mayor may also arrange for the cremation of the exhumed remains in the absence of a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-4

A département may only grant a loan guarantee or its surety to a private-law person mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of this article or in 1° of I of article L. 3231-4-1 or carrying out an opera…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L521-4

I.-Prior to the conclusion of any insurance contract, the distributor referred to in Article L. 511-1 shall specify in writing, on the basis of information obtained from the prospective subscriber or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-42

The employee notifies the employer of the reason for his absence and the date on which he intends to end the suspension of his employment contract.The period of adoption leave is treated as a period o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-41

An employee holding the authorisation referred to in…

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