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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-128

In companies with fewer than three hundred employees, the employer may defer the employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the number of ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-1

…se includes defending the rights of women to access contraception and termination of pregnancy, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in article L. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-10

…tify refusal of registration on the roll of the Association. The departmental council may no longer exercise its powers under article L. 4112-3 in respect of the contracts and endorsements referred to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-9

…s the case, the powers of the Conseil territorial de l'ordre des médecins or its president shall be exercised by the senior administrator of the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands. The provisi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-2

In order to exercise their voting rights at the General Meeting, members may give a proxy to another member, to their spouse or, if permitted by the Articles of Association, to a third party. Each mem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Non-seizability of the principal residence

Article L526-4

…his or her spouse has been informed of the consequences for joint assets of debts contracted in the exercise of his or her profession.A decree in the Council of State shall specify, where necessary, t…

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

Article L631-11

The remuneration relating to the functions exercised by the debtor, if he is a natural person, or the managers of the legal entity is maintained as it was on the day the proceedings were opened, unles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-8-1

The Ordinary General Meeting, in commercial companies which have such a body, or the body exercising a similar function which is competent by virtue of the rules which apply, may authorise the Statuto…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Organisations approved for the collective management of the right to authorise the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R326-7

When it is granted approval under the conditions mentioned in Article L. 134-3, the collective management organisation shall publish the following information on its website without delay, in a dedica…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Transfers by death

Article 644

…being able to be deferred beyond two years from the day of death.This provision does not affect the exercise of the privilege granted to the Treasury by article 1920..

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