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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Crisis prevention and management measures

Article A311-2

I.-For the application of Article L. 311-5, the supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall decide how often the preventive recovery plan is to be updated, which ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable to self-employed workers.

Article L4535-1

Self-employed workers, as well as employers when they are directly involved in an activity on a building or civil engineering site, implement, with regard to other persons working on the site as well…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-11

A decree sets out the procedures for publicising decisions taken in application of articles L. 462-8, L. 464-1, L. 464-2, L. 464-3, L. 464-5, L. 464-6 and L. 464-6-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions.

Article L1252-1

The purpose of timeshare is to make an employee available by a timeshare company to a user customer to carry out an assignment.Each assignment gives rise to the conclusion of :1° A provision contract…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Concession contracts concluded under international rules

Article L3212-1

When concluded by granting authorities, the rules defined in Title II apply to concession contracts that must be concluded in accordance with the procedures set out in : 1° An international agreement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

The provisions of this Title do not apply to financial years prior to the financial year following 1 January 2005 for companies, groupings or legal entities, whatever their legal status, of which more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article D6152-633-1

The allowances available to associate practitioners are as follows: 1° Hardship allowances corresponding to the time worked, within the framework of weekly service obligations, at night, on Saturday a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-37-1

A consultative commission is created between any union exercising the competence mentioned in the second paragraph of IV of article L. 2224-31 and all the public establishments for intercommunal coope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14-3

Whenever a merger, transfer, demerger or any other legal change is envisaged which would have the effect of calling into question an agreement or arrangement, the employers and the trade union organis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14-2

Whenever a merger, transfer, demerger or any other legal change is envisaged which would have the effect of calling into question an agreement or arrangement, the employers of the undertakings concern…

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