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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article LO6432-4

The functions of president of the territorial council are incompatible with the functions of mayor, as well as with the exercise of any other non-elective public function. The functions of president o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-53

The conditions of application of this paragraph shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-51

The temporary employment agency provides the user company, at its request, with a certificate from the social security bodies specifying its situation with regard to the collection of contributions du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-50

The financial guarantee may only result from a guarantee undertaking given by a mutual guarantee company, a collective guarantee body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-52

In the event that the temporary employment agency defaults and the surety is insufficient, the user company is substituted for the temporary employment agency for the payment of the sums still owed to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-41

When an application is made to the industrial tribunal to have an assignment contract reclassified as an open-ended employment contract, the case is referred directly to the tribunal, which will rule…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1251-40

When a user undertaking has recourse to an employee of a temporary employment undertaking in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1251-5 to L. 1251-7, L. 1251-10, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-12-1, L. 1251-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Tax on admission prices to screenings organised by cinema operators

Article L115-4

For each cinema, the taxpayer fills in a declaration in accordance with the model approved by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and containing the information required to determine th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgements

Article L123-4

If it is drawn up in a language other than French that is customary in the film and audiovisual industry, the deed, agreement or judgement may, at the request of the applicant, be submitted in its ori…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Lien and enforcement of pledges

Article L124-4

Where the sale of these assets has not taken place by public auction, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself from the proceedings of the registered creditors is required, on pain of forfeiture and…

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