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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Notification, publication and filing.

Article L2231-5-1

Branch, group, inter-company, company and establishment agreements are made public and included in a national database, the content of which is published online in an easily reusable open standard. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-6

The total duration of the assignment contract provided for in Article L. 1251-12-1 does not apply to an employee who has an open-ended contract with the temporary employment undertaking.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Role of the social and economic committee

Article L1233-57-16

If the social and economic committee wishes to participate in the search for a buyer, the employer shall give it access, at its request, to the information mentioned in 4° to 6° of article L. 1233-57-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-4

The resolution college may suspend any obligation to pay or deliver financial instruments resulting from a contract to which a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 subject to a resolution proced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-9

I. - Within one month of the date of transmission of the business reorganisation plan referred to in Article L. 613-55-8, the resolution board shall assess the ability of the plan to restore the long-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

If it finds that there is a functional deficit attributable to benfluorex, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage and on the liabili…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-5

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall monitor the level of own funds that has been determined by each Class 2 investment firm in accordance with Article L. 533-2-2 and shall verif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Employee information

Article L1233-57-10

Together with the notice of the meeting provided for in article L. 1233-57-9, the employer shall send the employee representatives all relevant information on the proposed closure of the establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5-1

As from 22 December 2006, no collective agreement or arrangement providing for the possibility of compulsory retirement of an employee at an age lower than that set out in 1° of article L. 351-8 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-4

The regional health agencies may enter into a contract with the organisations mentioned inarticle L. 111-1 of the Mutual Health Code and the doctors employed by these organisations, on the basis of wh…

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