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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementing provisions

Article L3121-67

Decrees of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions of application of this chapter for all branches of activity or professions or for a particular branch or profession. These decree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-16

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° Where necessary, the professional rules ; 2° The composition and operation of the commission mentioned in article L. 4322-4 and th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Participation of residents in local life

Article L2573-15

I. - The articles L. 2143-1, L. 2143-2 and L. 2143-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article L. 2143-3:1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

The contrat unique d'insertion (single integration contract) is an employment contract concluded between an employer and an employee under the conditions set out in sub-section 3 of sections 2 and 5 o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-4

I.- When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution finds that an insurance or reinsurance intermediary or an insurance intermediary acting on an ancillary basis is in breach of the provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-9

I.-The following are treated in the same way as the shares or voting rights referred to in I of Article L. 233-7: 1° Shares or voting rights owned by other persons on behalf of that person; 2° Shares…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-2

Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a Fren…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-1

Within the limits of the services it is authorised to provide in its home country, and depending on the authorisation it has received there, any legal or natural person authorised to provide investmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-1

The employee is entitled, with justification, to leave:1° For marriage or the conclusion of a civil solidarity pact ;2° For the marriage of a child;3° For each birth for the father and, where applicab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order

Article L237-14

I. - In the absence of clauses in the articles or of an express agreement between the parties, the liquidation of the dissolved company shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of this s…

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