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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Information for unsuccessful candidates and tenderers

Article L3125-1

…n as it has made its choice, the purchaser communicates it to the candidates and tenderers whose applications or tenders have not been selected, in accordance with the conditions laid down by decree i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: One-off assistance for apprentice employers

Article L6243-1

Apprenticeship contracts concluded in companies with fewer than two hundred and fifty employees in order to prepare for a vocational diploma or qualification equivalent at most to the baccalaureate ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Apprenticeship contract preparing for the vocational baccalaureate

Article L6222-22-1

An apprentice preparing for a vocational baccalaureate may, at his own request or that of his employer, at the end of the first year of the contract, continue his training with a view to obtaining a v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-12

A company which has fewer than fifty permanent employees during the financial year and whose articles of association meet the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 210-10 may provide in its ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording indicated in t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L322-27-1

The central body of the agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds is a société anonyme d'assurance agréée pursuant to Article L. 321-1 or a société anonyme de réassurance agréée…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-1

The mayor is responsible for traffic policing on trunk roads, departmental roads and all public or private roads open to public traffic within built-up areas, subject to the powers devolved to the Sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1245-1

Any employment contract entered into in disregard of the provisions of Articles L. 1242-1 to L. 1242-4, L. 1242-6, L. 1242-7, L. 1242-8-1, L. 1242-12, first paragraph, L. 1243-11, first paragraph, L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information for holders

Article L224-7-1

Everyone is entitled to free information about the retirement savings products they have subscribed to during their lifetime. The online service mentioned in III of article L. 161-17 of the Social Sec…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-13

When the building permit relates to a project for the creation, extension or reopening to the public of a cinema subject to the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7, the permit may not be gr…

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