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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of agreements.

Article L2221-1

…elates to the determination of collective relations between employers and employees. It defines the rules governing the exercise of employees' right to collective bargaining on all their terms and con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L2271-1

…anch agreements;2° Issuing an opinion on draft laws, ordinances and decrees relating to the general rules governing individual and collective labour relations, in particular those concerning collectiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Display

Article L2315-15

The members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee may post the information that they are responsible for bringing to the attention of the staff in places that must be set aside…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Group Committee.

Article L2632-2

The provisions relating to the Group Works Council set out in Articles L. 2331-1 to L. 2331-4 and L. 2331-6 apply to dominant undertakings whose registered office is located in a department of mainlan…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Other guarantees

Article R2191-44

In the event of the termination of a contract which has not provided for a retention of guarantee, where a period is granted to the contractor under the conditions laid down in article R. 2191-30 to r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-33

The amount of the guarantee deduction may not exceed 5% of the initial amount of the contract plus, where applicable, the amount of any amendments made during performance. For public contracts entered…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Other guarantees

Article R2191-43

The contract may provide for guarantees other than those provided for in sub-section 1 for the performance of a particular commitment.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-34

The retention is deducted in instalments from the payments on account, the partial final payments and the balance. In the event that the amount of the sums owed to the contractor does not allow the de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Assignment or pledging of receivables

Article R2191-45

The maximum amount of the claim that the holder may assign or pledge corresponds to the amount of the contract less the amount of sub-contracted services giving rise to direct payment.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2191-35

Where the contract provides for a retention of guarantee, this shall be reimbursed within thirty days of the date of expiry of the guarantee period.However, if reservations have been notified to the c…

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