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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-14

The representation of external companies on the extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee depends on the duration and nature of their work and the number of employees working in the est…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Foreign nationals with proof of regular uninterrupted residence in France, a certain level of resources and health insurance

Article L426-17

…r her needs and health insurance shall be issued, subject to the exceptions provided for in article L. 426-18, with a resident's permit bearing the words "long-term resident-EU" for a period of ten ye…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-7-1

…in order to be admitted to trading on a multilateral trading facility subject to the provisions of II of Article L. 433-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the person required to provide the inform…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions

Article L214-110

…they discover in the course of their work. They are liable under the conditions set out in Article L. 822-17 of the Commercial Code. They are not liable under civil law for offences committed by pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-6-1

Any person exploiting a medicinal product or product mentioned in Article L. 5121-1 or any holder of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 4211-6 who fails to comply with the obligations to rep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies

Article L214-117

With the exception of the cases provided for in articles L. 214-66 and L. 214-76, a société civile de placement immobilier may only merge with another société civile de placement immobilier managing a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-75

As an exception to article L. 226-8, in companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deferral of paid leave

Article L3142-122

If leave is waived, the employee's paid leave carried over in application of article L. 3142-120 is added to the annual paid leave. This deferred paid leave is added to the annual paid leave each year…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-3

…iculture, in the absence of an agreement approved in accordance with the procedures provided for in III of article L. 442-1-2 and if the distribution of insurance contracts benefiting from the aid pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-21-1

…electronic means, at least once a year, to the group referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 161-17-1 of the Social Security Code the information required to implement the provisions of Arti…

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