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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-42

The employee notifies the employer of the reason for his absence and the date on which he intends to end the suspension of his employment contract.The period of adoption leave is treated as a period o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Notification of dismissal.

Article L1233-42

The letter of dismissal includes a statement of the economic reasons put forward by the employer.It also mentions the priority for re-employment provided for in article L. 1233-45 and the conditions f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secondment contract.

Article L1251-42

When a temporary employment undertaking makes an employee available to a user undertaking, these undertakings shall conclude a written secondment contract, at the latest within two working days of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-42

I.-When the resolution college decides to use a liability management structure mentioned in Article L. 311-41, it may: 1° Instruct the person subject to the resolution procedure to submit to it, withi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-42

Cinematographic or audiovisual works belonging to the fiction genre that score at least 18 points, including at least 7 points for the Dramatic Content group and at least two of its sub-groups, are de…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-42

For the purposes of investment approval, feature films must meet the conditions set out in sub-section 2 of section 1 of this chapter.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-42

In order to impose the measures provided for in articles L. 623-36 to L. 623-39, customs officers apply the powers vested in them by the customs code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-42

When the deed referred to in article L. 313-40 indicates that the price will be paid without the aid of one or more loans, this deed shall bear, in the hand of the purchaser, a statement by which the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the credit agreement and the main agreement

Article L341-42

If the lender or lessor, in breach of the provisions of article L. 313-35 or, in the case of a hire-purchase contract and a lease with a promise to sell, those set out in article L. 313-59, to agree t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-42

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons will carry out a preliminary examination of the facts or new information presented by the applicant which arose after the final d…

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