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Showing 30613070 of 67627 articles for Art. s. L 237-14 to L 237-31 · Arts. R 237-2

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation conditions.

Article L7122-26

The State-approved body issues the employee with a monthly employment certificate, which replaces the pay slip provided for in article L. 3243-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-2

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and its subsidiaries form a public group serving the public interest and the country's economic development. This group carries out public interest missions in suppo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-2

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly decide, for a renewable period of six months, to freeze funds and economic resources:1° Which belong to, are owned, held or c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to operate as an operator

Article L212-2

Persons whose activity is to operate a cinema must hold a licence granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. Any person whose purpose is to organise travelling fil…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-2-2

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 613-2-1 et L. 611-18, the protection conferred by a patent on a product containing or consisting of genetic information extends to any material in which the pr…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article L112-2

The following may not be seized 1° Property that the law declares unseizable; 2° Property that the law renders non-transferable unless otherwise provided for; 3° Provisions, sums and pensions of a mai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-27

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the business to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To businesses that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22

New communes are eligible for communal equalisation grants under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to Article L. 2334-22-2.New communes that have benefited from the provisions of the second para…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article L694-2

Under Article 71(1) of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848, persons entered on the list of judicial administrators or judicial representatives pursuant to Articles L. 811-2 and L. 812-2 or an insolvency pract…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-20

After informing the payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter, in accordance with article L. 133-17, for the purpose of blocking the payment instrument, the payer shall not bear…

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