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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Successive contracts with the same employee.

Article L1244-2

Seasonal employment contracts as defined in 3° of article L. 1242-2 may include a renewal clause for the following season. A collective labour agreement may stipulate that any employer who has employe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1235-2

Organs removed during surgery, carried out in the interests of the person operated on, may be used for therapeutic or scientific purposes, unless that person objects after being informed of the purpos…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: EXPULSION

Article L252-2

Subject to article L. 631-3 does not preclude it, a European Union citizen who has been legally resident in France for ten years may not be the subject of an expulsion order, pursuant to article

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Distribution and transfer of shares in central insurance companies.

Article L322-22

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 322-13, shares in central insurance companies may : a) Either be distributed free of charge to members of staff of national insurance undertakings ; b) or be so…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Reservations

Article L3113-2

Concession contracts may be reserved for economic integration structures mentioned in article L. 5132-4 of the Labour Code and equivalent structures, where they employ a minimum proportion, set by reg…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-24

Any measure taken pursuant to article L. 521-23 may require the service provider to display, in a place visible from outside the place where the service is provided, all or part of this measure.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-2

In article L. 430-3, the last sentence of the first paragraph is deleted. In the third paragraph of the same article, the words: ", or the total or partial referral of a transaction falling within the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-2

I.- Statutory auditors are liable to the following sanctions: 1° Warning; 2° Reprimand; 3° Disqualification from acting as a statutory auditor for a period not exceeding five years; 4° Removal from th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6262-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-2

If the budget is not adopted before 31 March of the financial year to which it applies or before 15 April of the year of the renewal of the Territorial Council, the State representative immediately re…

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