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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-3

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in French Polynesia and New Caledo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-4

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-2

For the application of article L. 321-1 in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, references to the Commercial Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same effect.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L352-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, en Polynésie française et en Nouvelle-Calédonie, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 352-2, the provisions of the articles mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-6

I.-For the application of article L. 1431-2 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° In b of 1°, the words: "in accordance with the remit of the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction," are d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance.

Article L5134-72-1

The amount of aid for professional integration paid under an initiative-employment contract may not exceed 47% of the gross amount of the minimum growth wage per hour worked, within the limit of the l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance.

Article L5134-72-2

…ed for the recruitment of an employee who, prior to his or her recruitment, was in receipt of the revenu de solidarité active (active solidarity income) financed by the département, the département co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-2

The duration of the initiative-employment contract may not be less than six months, or three months for people who have been convicted and are benefiting from a modified sentence.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-70-1

The weekly working time of the holder of an initiative-employment contract may not be less than twenty hours, except where the decision to award the aid provides for this in order to meet the needs of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-1

The employment contract associated with aid for professional integration granted under an initiative-employment contract, concluded for a fixed period, may be extended for a total period of twenty-fou…

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