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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Closure of examination and request for reopening

Article L531-40

If, within less than nine months of the decision to close the file taken pursuant to articles L. 531-37 or L. 531-38, the asylum seeker requests that the file be reopened or submits a new application,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-4

…mployer, when the employee is seconded in accordance with the procedures mentioned in 3° of article L. 1262-1 ; 2° The principal or the contracting owner of a service provider who posts employees unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-4

Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-4 of the French Commercial Code apply to credit institutions and finance companies for their banking and related operations defined in article L. 311-2, to electronic money…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-4

…ommittee draws up an annual activity report, which is appended to the report referred to in Article L. 2315-69.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article L123-49

A person who has fully complied with the validations and checks carried out pursuant to article L. 123-48 is registered in the national register of companies as a "company run by a farm worker", witho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-41

…otified of the denunciation by its author. It is filed under the conditions provided for in article L. 7343-35. II -Where the denunciation is made by all the signatories representing the employees or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-40

…Revision amendments are subject to the conditions for the validity of agreements set out in Article L. 7343-29. The amendment revising all or part of an agreement automatically replaces the stipulatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-4

…ité de santé and to the Comité national des coopérations interprofessionnelles mentioned in article L. 4011-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-4-4

…minate an employee's employment contract during the parental presence leave provided for in article L. 1225-62 or during periods worked if the parental presence leave is split or taken on a part-time…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-4

…EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course of the proceedings to determine whether the regis…

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