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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-2

…icable to any person carrying on a commercial, craft or agricultural activity as defined in article L. 311-1 du code rural et de la pêche maritime and to any other natural person exercising an indepen…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L134-2

When the competence to promote tourism, including the creation of tourist offices, is transferred to communities of communes and conurbation communities, the tourist offices of tourist communes and cl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L134-1

…r communes, under the conditions and subject to the reservations set out, respectively, in articles L. 5214-16, L. 5216-5, L. 5215-20 and L. 5215-20-1, L. 5217-2 and L. 3641-1 of the Code général des…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57

The administrative authority may submit any proposal to complete or modify the job protection plan, taking into account the economic situation of the company.These proposals are formulated before the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning companies not subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-53

…in force; 2° The obligations relating to the elaboration of social measures provided for by article L. 1233-32 or by collective labour agreements have been respected; 3° The measures provided for in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning companies not subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-56

…The administrative authority may make observations on the social measures provided for in article L. 1233-32. The employer responds to the observations of the administrative authority and sends a co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the public fire and rescue establishment of Corsica

Article L1424-84

The fire and rescue services in Corsica may decide, by concordant deliberations of their board of directors, to create a Corsican public fire and rescue establishment.The provisions of section 5 of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Livret de développement durable et solidaire (sustainable and socially responsible development passbook)

Article L221-27

…orised to receive deposits. The sums deposited in this passbook are used in accordance with article L. 221-5.Deposits made into a Livret de Développement Durable et Solidaire may not exceed a ceiling…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Recruitment by the user company at the end of an assignment.

Article L1251-38

When the user company hires, after an assignment, an employee made available to it by a temporary employment agency, the length of the assignments completed with this agency during the three months pr…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 4: Pubs whose main activity is the operation of a dance floor

Article L314-1

A decree lays down the rules governing the closing hours of public houses whose main activity is the operation of a dance floor. This decree may stipulate that the sale of alcohol is no longer authori…

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