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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-16

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles L. 2314-11 and L. 2314-12, in temporary employment undertakings, the distribution of seats may be the subject of a pre-electoral agreement, concluded in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-9

For the application of Article L. 611-7, L. 626-6 and L. 643-3, the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code are the complementary or supplementary retirement or provident institut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-2

Subject to obtaining the prior authorisation of the competent authority of their home country and the communication by this authority to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of the req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-8

Any member who fails to pay his dues to the Fonds de Garantie des Dépôts et de Résolution shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article L. 621-15 and to late payment penalties paid directly…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-7

Promissory notes payable at a certain sight period must be presented for the underwriter's visa within the time limits set out in article L. 511-15. The sight period runs from the date of the underwri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Contributions and taxes

Article L2564-24

Sont applicables à Mayotte à compter du 1er janvier 2014:1° Le chapitre II du titre III du livre III de la présente partie;2° Les sections 7, 8, 11, 14 et 15 du chapitre III du même titre;3° L'article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-12

Any advertisement for the objects, devices or methods mentioned in article L. 5122-15 without complying with the obligation to mention the warnings and precautions for use necessary to inform the cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-8

Authorised competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers ensure compliance with articles L. 3322-2, L. 3323-2, L. 3323-4 and L. 3323-6 as well as the regulations issued for their applicatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-5

When the agreement establishing the inter-company savings plan provides for the collection of sums from profit-sharing, it exempts the companies mentioned in articles L. 3323-6 and L. 3323-7 from conc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-7

The sums which could not be distributed due to the rules defined in articles L. 3324-5 and L. 3324-6 are immediately distributed among all the employees and, where applicable, the beneficiaries referr…

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