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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-44

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 322-99 and R. 322-158, mutual insurance companies must have a formation fund of at least :-400,000 euros for the operations referred to in Articles 10 to 15, 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-42-1

Electronic communications service providers shall compensate consumers in the following cases and in accordance with the following rules: 1° In the event of a delay in porting the number, the compensa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-4

…tle their holders to a priority dividend deducted from the distributable profit for the year before any other appropriation. If it appears that the priority dividend cannot be paid in full due to insu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-14

…in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the département, at least one month before the planned opening date. The project promoter is defined as the owner of the land or building or, where a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune.

Article D2573-13-4

…lity after the allocation of a new fictitious population in the year following the first allocation and preceding that of its compulsory supplementary census..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-26-4

The intermediary association sends the Agence de services et de paiement a copy of the agreement referred to in Article D. 5135-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-3

…d out during the contract concluded in application of article L. 5132-15-1 may not represent more than 25% of the total duration of the contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-2

Each period of work experience prescribed, in agreement with the employer, for an employee undergoing integration is the subject of an agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-1

…L. 5132-2 may provide for the possibility for the body that has signed the agreement as a workshop and work integration site to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-4

…e following provisions are added: "3° Each year, the activities of the Overseas Agency for Mobility and Adapted Military Service in the local authority; "4° Each year, a report on the activities of th…

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