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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-2

For the application of this Code in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° "Tribunal judiciaire" by "tribunal de première instance" ; 2° "Tribunal de commerc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-2

Disciplinary power is exercised by a national disciplinary commission which is chaired by a chamber president at the Cour de cassation, appointed by the first president of the Cour de cassation, and w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

I. - The Financial Public Prosecutor may not initiate public proceedings for the application of the penalties provided for in this section when the Autorité des marchés financiers has served a stateme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L4313-2

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the region's financial situation;2° A list of assistance granted by the region in the form of benefits in kind or subsidies. This document…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2

Provided that an employment contract exists between the temporary employment undertaking and the employee and that their employment relationship continues during the period of secondment, an undertaki…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-4

…significant size, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall set up a compensation committee. Branches of third-country undertak…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-26

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, credit institutions or finance companies that are unable to ensure their payments, immediately or in the near future,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Status of the consumer ombudsman

Article L613-2

When employed or remunerated exclusively by the professional, the consumer mediator satisfies the following additional conditions:1° He is appointed, in accordance with a transparent procedure, by a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-2

I.-The procedures for implementing cross-border apprenticeships are specified in an agreement concluded between France and the border country in which the practical or theoretical part of the apprenti…

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