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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22

I.-The portfolio management companies mentioned in article L. 532-9, with the exception of those which exclusively manage FIAs covered by I of article L. 214-167, FIAs covered by IV of article L. 532-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure.

Article L2261-9

The open-ended agreement may be terminated by the signatory parties. In the absence of express stipulation, the period of notice that must precede termination is three months. The other signatories of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose.

Article L5134-65

The aim of the contrat initiative-emploi is to facilitate the professional integration of unemployed people experiencing social and professional difficulties in accessing employment. To this end, it i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Amendments

Article L5215-40

The perimeter of the conurbation in which the urban community exercises its powers may subsequently be extended, by order of the State representative in the département, by the addition of new commune…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-15

The employee is entitled to notice of1° One day's notice where remuneration is fixed on a daily basis ;2° One week's notice where remuneration is fixed on a weekly basis;3° Two weeks' notice if his re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-16

The following are entitled to six weeks' notice1° Teachers and persons employed in private homes ;2° Commercial clerks mentioned in article L. 1226-24;3° Employees whose remuneration is fixed and who…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the departments of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L1234-17

During the notice period, the employer grants the employee a reasonable period of time in which to look for a new job, if he so requests.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Portion of global contract performance reserved for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article L2171-8

The overall contract stipulates the minimum proportion of the contract performance that the contractor undertakes to entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or craftsmen. This minimum share is e…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Groups of economic operators and works or services entrusted to third parties

Article L3123-17

Persons against whom grounds for exclusion exist may not be entrusted with part of the works or services of a concession contract.When a person against whom grounds for exclusion exist is presented at…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Groups of economic operators and works or services entrusted to third parties

Article L3123-16

Where the reason for exclusion from the award procedure concerns a member of a consortium of economic operators, the conceding authority requires him to be replaced by another economic operator who is…

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