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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Claims covered by the insurance.

Article L3253-12

The claims referred to in articles L. 3253-10 and L. 3253-11 are guaranteed: 1° When they are due and payable on the date of the judgment opening the proceedings ; 2° When, if a plan organising the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

Article L. 4151-1 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L837-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in their wording resulting from Ordinance No. 2020-173…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE: CONGRESS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND REGIONAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND MAYORS

Article L5913-1

When the conditions for its meeting are met in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5912-1, the congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors is convened and chaired…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4151-1

The provisions of this Title shall apply to employers under private law and to employees. They also apply to 1° To the establishments mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article L. 4111-1; 2° Mines and quarries…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L714-1

…When the tenant has resumed payment of the rent and service charges and, during the period of time allowed for payment of the rental debt granted by a decision of the judge seised pursuant to Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-14

The provisions of 2° and 3° of III of Article L. 622-17, those of Chapters IV, with the exception of those of Article L. 624-17, and V of Title II of this Book relating to the determination of the deb…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-17

The operations for the election of members of the territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry are organised by the administrative authority and, under its supervision, by the territoria…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Legal framework for validation of prior learning

Article L6412-1-1

The ministry or certifying body provided for in article L. 6113-2 which decides on the admissibility of an application may take into account activities mentioned in article L. 6411-1, of a different n…

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