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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-1

The branch agreement defines employees' employment and working conditions. In particular, it may define the guarantees applicable to them in the following areas: 1° Minimum wages ; 2° Classifications;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Taking vulnerability into account

Article L531-10

During the entire procedure for examining the application, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may define the special examination procedures it deems necessary for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-9

In companies with a central company social and economic committee, the employer convenes a meeting of the central social and economic committee and the social and economic committee(s) of the establis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 521-1 and L. 521-2, the intermediary or insurance company shall provide the prospective subscriber or member with the following information prior to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions

Article L412-2

I.-The provisions of II of article L. 412-1 and of articles L. 621-8-1 to L. 621-8-4 are applicable to public offers of the following securities for which a prospectus is drawn up in the cases provide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L752-15

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L753-15

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-18

The Minister responsible for the economy shall specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 511-15 to L. 511-17. In particular, he shall set the terms and conditions under which : 1. Deci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty:1° Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 or by any holder of the authorisat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-27

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2223-17, on an exceptional basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22…

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