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Showing 50615070 of 66100 articles for Art. L 235-1 · Art. L 235-9 · Art. L 225-149-3

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Syndicat de communes.

Article L5811-1

References made by articles L. 1612-20, L. 5211-3, L. 5211-4 and L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-2 and L. 5212-4, insofar as they relate to syndicates of communes, shall be understood as referring to the provisi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan and savings bonds

Article L744-12

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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Commission for Inter-municipal Cooperation in French Polynesia

Article L5842-11

I. - The articles L. 5211-42 to L. 5211-45 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IV.II. - For the application of Article L. 5211-42, the words "in each de…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-16

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-105

…agenda for the meetings is set by the author of the notice of meeting. However, one or more shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital or a shareholders' association meeting the condi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3531-1

For the application in Mayotte of Article L. 3221-3, the references: "articles L. 2122-4 or L. 4133-3" are replaced by the reference: "article L. 2122-4".

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-1

An employer may not take a woman's state of pregnancy into consideration in refusing to take her on, in terminating her employment contract during a trial period or, subject to a temporary assignment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-10

In the cases provided for in articles L. 2421-8 and L. 2421-9, the persons concerned shall vacate the premises within one year of the date on which they received notification of the formal notice prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-10

A decree defines, for each of the activities mentioned in article L. 5151-9, the amount of rights acquired as a function of the time devoted to that activity, subject to a ceiling.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-9

For the purposes of sub-paragraphs 2 and 3, where a general-purpose investment fund is made up of several sub-funds, each sub-fund is considered to be a separate general-purpose investment fund.

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