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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…mic committee on :1° The planned operation and its terms and conditions, in accordance with article L. 2323-31 ; 2° The proposed mass redundancies: the number of job losses, the professional categorie…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions relating to group insurance.

Article L141-6

For group insurance contracts within the meaning of article L. 141-1, other than those governed by Title I of law no. 89-1009 of 31 December 1989 strengthening the guarantees offered to persons insure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

…the court shall order the liquidation of the company under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 237-1 to L. 237-31. These decisions are sent by the court registry to the public prosecutor. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IVa: Certain regulated tariffs

Article L444-1

…the said tariff. The services provided by the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 811-2 and in the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 are remunerated in accordance with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-4

…imed at reaching an agreement to moderate the prices of the banking services referred to in Article L. 753-3.By 1 June at the latest, each credit institution shall present its proposed tariffs for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other formalities.

Article L1221-18

…number of compulsory retirements at the initiative of the employer under the conditions of articles L. 1237-5 to L. 1237-10 and the number of employees aged fifty-five and over made redundant or who b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-8

The metropolis of Lyon is automatically substituted, for the competences set out in articles L. 3641-1 et L. 3641-2, to the syndicat de communes or the syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…e is protected; 2° Operating a pharmacy while practising another profession in violation of article L. 5125-2; 3° Operating a pharmacy without medicines being prepared by or under the direct supervisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

…d for each retail establishment by decision of the mayor taken after consulting the municipal council. The number of such Sundays may not exceed twelve per calendar year. The list of Sundays is drawn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-32

The association mentioned in 1° of article L. 621-31 is formed by the persons listed in the same 1°, in accordance with the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Only persons i…

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