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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Framework contract for payment services

Article L314-13

I. - Payment institutions are required to make available to their customers and to the public, on paper or on another durable medium, the general terms and conditions and charges applicable to transac…

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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 Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article L442-2

For the application of the provisions of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31

In addition to the application of article L. 561-30-1 and article 40 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the department is authorised to pass on information it holds to the judicial authorities and cri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-18

Production companies meet the conditions for eligibility for financial aid, as applicable: 1° For the preparation of feature-length cinematographic works, as provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

To benefit from partial payment of the early retirement allowance by the State, the employee must meet the following conditions: 1° The employee has personally signed up to the early retirement scheme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R313-4

European standardised pre-contractual information for home loansEUROPEAN STANDARDISED INFORMATION SHEET (ESIS)PART AThe text of the model below is reproduced as it appears in the ESIS. The information…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-30

…the Articles of Association of limited liability companies formed after the publication of the loi n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises, the General Meeting may on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-95-1

…andates of permanent representative of a venture capital company mentioned in Article 1er de la loi n° 85-695 du 11 juillet 1985 portant diverses dispositions d'ordre économique et financier, a sociét…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Intervention procedures

Article L1523-5

…ourt decisions that have become final, agreements entered into prior to the promulgation of the loi n° 2000-1208 du 13 décembre 2000 relative à la solidarité et au renouvellement urbains et qui seraie…

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