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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-1

…The authorities mentioned in I, the deposit guarantee and resolution fund instituted by article L. 312-4, the guarantee fund instituted byarticle L. 423-1 of the insurance code, the compulsory non…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-1

…d; 3° Net profit is increased by the amount of the provision for investment provided for in article L. 3325-3. If this provision is added to the taxable profit for a given financial year, its amount i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for the formation of the contract.

Article L6222-1

No one may be taken on as an apprentice unless they are between the ages of sixteen and twenty-nine at the start of the apprenticeship.However, young people aged at least fifteen may begin an apprenti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-1

…regard to his job. This interview does not replace the professional interview mentioned in article L. 6315-1 of the Labour Code. The employer and the employee member of the Martinique Assembly may ag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-16

…the absence of its proprietor if the latter has been duly replaced. The annex mentioned in article L. 5125-7-1 may not remain open to the public in the absence of a pharmacist.The legal duration of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-10

…d within the protection perimeter for the purposes of carrying out the work provided for in article L. 1322-8 may only take place by virtue of an order issued by the representative of the State in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-14

…esulting from the simplified accounting obligations provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 526-13 are filed each year with the register to which the individual private limited company belo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-13-1

Within Pôle emploi, fraud prevention officers are sworn in and approved under conditions defined by order of the Minister for Employment. In the event of an infringement of the provisions of this code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-13

…ese events, when they are likely to have a significant impact on the interests mentioned in Article L. 1333-7, are declared to the representative of the State in the department and to the Nuclear Safe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-117

In order to implement the employee's right to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-105, a company collective agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention determines : 1° The maximu…

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