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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions.

Article L5134-31

…ntract gives entitlement to exemption : 1° For the legal entities mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-21 of this code, from the contributions payable by the employer in respect of social insuran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-3

…ent or the first vocational training contract do not correspond to the actions mentioned in article L. 6313-1 ; 2° The provisions of Chapter III of this Title relating to the implementation of trainin…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-3

…person to: 1° Facilitating or encouraging the administration of the substances mentioned in article L. 241-2, or facilitating or encouraging the application of the processes mentioned in the same arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-3

…tue of this title, and without prejudice to the possibilities of cancellation mentioned in articles L. 113-3, L. 113-4, L. 113-6 and L. 113-9, in the event of cancellation or denunciation of tacit ren…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L3123-3

…ession contracts:1° Who are subject to the compulsory liquidation procedure provided for in article L. 640-1 of the French Commercial Code or who are subject to an equivalent procedure governed by for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L921-3-1

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 123-37, farm managers subject to the criterion of the third paragraph of the same article and engaged in marine farming activities are identified separatel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…I of this part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L. 1111-1, L. 1111-3 to L. 1111-3-6, article L. 1111-8-2 and section 3 of chapter I, as well as arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-3

…dividual retirement savings product must be able to receive the deposits mentioned in 1° of Article L. 224-2. Payments are made in cash. The second paragraph of Article L. 224-20 applies to these paym…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of organisations

Article L7343-3

The representativeness of the organisations representing the workers defined in article L. 7341-1 using the platforms mentioned in article L. 7342-1 for their activity is determined on the basis of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to preventive resolution plans drawn up on an individual basis

Article L613-39

…the competent resolution authority for a person referred to in the first paragraph of I of Article L. 613-38, it shall draw up an individual preventive resolution plan for that person, after obtainin…

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