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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

Any termination of the employment contract of an employee of an age determined by decree giving entitlement to payment of the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 351-3 entails the obligatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health products for human use

Article L1453-1

I.-Companies producing or marketing products mentioned in II of Article L. 5311-1 with the exception of those mentioned in 14°, 15° and 17° or providing services associated with these products are req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1251-16

…cular:1° A reproduction of the clauses and information in the secondment contract listed in article L. 1251-43 ; 2° The employee's professional qualifications;3° The terms and conditions of the remune…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-11

Where all or part of the assigned assets are joint or undivided assets, the sole trader provides proof of the express agreement of his spouse or co-tenants and of their prior information about the rig…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special control rules.

Article L1246-1

…al, film production and sound recording publishing sectors, the control agents mentioned in article L. 8112-1 as well as the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2241-1

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet, at least once every four years for the subjects mentioned in 1° to 5° and at least once every five year…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° Books I to III, with the exception of the fourth paragraph of Article L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1382 of 25 O…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-1

…identifier for their digital health space is the national health identifier referred to in article L. 1111-8-1 when they have such an identifier. For recipients of State medical aid as referred to in…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Departmental tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article L422-15

The rules relating to the departmental tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment are set out in articles L. 3333-4 to L. 3333-7 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales, which are repro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-1

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