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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-1

Employees of companies and organisations subject to the provisions of articles L. 3141-1 and L. 3141-2 of the French Labour Code, 3° and 4° of article L. 5424-1 and article L. 5423-3 of the same code,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-11

The employer's contribution to the purchase of holiday vouchers by an employee may not exceed a percentage of the value in full discharge of liabilities set by decree. This decree defines different pe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article L231-1

Breaches of these obligations are provided for and punished under the conditions set out in Article L. 245-9 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The issue and purchase on the stock market of shares reserved for employees.

Article L225-187-1

Articles L. 225-192 to L. 225-194 and article L. 225-197 remain applicable as they stood prior to the publication of the loi n° 2001-152 du 19 février 2001 sur l'épargne salariale jusqu'à l'expiration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with professional integration

Article L5134-113

Aid for future employment is granted for a minimum of twelve months and a maximum of thirty-six months, without being able to exceed the term of the employment contract. Where the aid was initially gr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IX: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L390-1

This Book is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, with the exception of Article L. 322-3-2 and Titles V, VI and VII.The provisions of the first paragraph apply to insurance undertakings establ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-1

The provisions of this book shall apply ipso jure in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Failure by the foreign national to cooperate and enforce the removal order

Article L824-1

A foreigner is liable to three years' imprisonment if he fails to present to the competent administrative authority the travel documents required to enforce an administrative ban on entry, a decision…

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