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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2-1

I.-Approved mutual insurance companies and agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance funds, which have drawn up duly approved accounts for the last two financial years, may issue bonds, profit par…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-1

Article L. 22-10-36 of the French Commercial Code applies to the insurance and reinsurance companies referred to in Articles L. 310-1 and L. 310-1-1 which take the form of a société anonyme and whose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Member and former member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2411-10

The dismissal of a member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee may only take place with the authorisation of the labour inspector. This authorisation is also requ…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-14

A purchaser may reserve the same contract or the same lot of a contract both for economic operators who meet the conditions of article L. 2113-12 and for those who meet the conditions of article L. 21…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-12

Contracts or lots of a contract may be reserved for adapted companies mentioned in article L. 5213-13 of the French Labour Code, establishments and services providing assistance through work mentioned…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-13

…contract may be reserved for structures for integration through economic activity mentioned in article L. 5132-4 of the Labour Code and equivalent structures, where they employ a minimum proportion, s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Right of entry to establishments and premises used for accommodation.

Article L8113-1

The Labour Inspectorate control officers mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 have the right to enter any establishment where the rules set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 8112-1 are applicable in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-1-1

When they are not part of a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with jurisdiction over fire and rescue services, municipalities participate in the exercise of jurisdiction over fire an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1251-12-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded pursuant toArticle L. 1251-12, the total duration of the assignment contract may not exceed eighteen months, taking into…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to administrative invalidity and revocation proceedings

Article L716-1-1

At the request of the winning party, the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall charge to the losing party all or part of the costs incurred by the other party within…

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