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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-58-1

In order to implement the employee's right to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-54-1, a company agreement or convention or, failing that, a branch agreement may set the conditions for maintaini…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-1

…to its original owner any item that has been transferred pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 613-52, without the latter being able to object.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-58

…UCITS temporarily suspends subscriptions or redemptions of its units or shares pursuant to Articles L. 214-24-33 or L. 214-24-41, the feeder general-purpose investment fund may suspend subscriptions o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-5-3

…ning life. He must inform the patient of this, without prejudice to the fourth paragraph of article L. 1111-2, the trusted support person provided for in article L. 1111-6, the family or, failing this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-5

…ic communications for which they are competent, the labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1 and specially authorised for this purpose, under conditions specified by joint order of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-2

…es do not file their accounts under the conditions and within the time limits laid down in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23, the president of the commercial court may issue an injunction to that compan…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-5

…a book in digital form under the conditions set out in the binding agreement referred to in article L. 132-17-8. Where the publisher has not done so, the assignment of the exploitation rights in digit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-8

For the application of article L. 2314-20, the length of time spent in the company is calculated by adding together the periods during which the employee does or does not carry out an assignment when…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-5-2

…the insured, in the event of loss or damage covered by an insurance contract taken out underarticle L. 211-1, from assigning to third parties the insurance indemnity claims which it holds against him…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-5

…port, it may authorise, prohibit or restrict the scope of a support decision referred to in Article L. 613-46-4 within five working days of receiving the decision. II. - The supervisory board shall im…

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