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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-57

…entative.The occupier of the premises may designate one or more representatives to attend the visit and sign the report.If this is not possible, the judicial police officer requires two witnesses chos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Circulation, possession and trade in tobacco products

Article 575 L

Tobacco sales clerks found to have adulterated manufactured tobaccos by adding or mixing heterogeneous materials shall be dismissed, without prejudice to the penalties laid down in this Code for breac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Accounting

Article L2573-57

I. - Articles L. 2341-1, L. 2342-1 to L. 2342-3, L. 2343-1 and L. 2343-2 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-57

It may be stipulated in the articles of any public limited company that it is governed by the provisions of this sub-section. In this case, the company remains subject to all the rules applicable to s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-57

The employee who returns to his initial activity at the end of parental education leave or a period of part-time work to raise a child is entitled to the professional interview mentioned in I of artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits

Article L3121-57

The remuneration of an employee who has concluded an individual agreement for a fixed number of hours is at least equal to the minimum remuneration applicable in the company for the number of hours co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Provisions relating to interdepartmental public fire and rescue establishments

Article L1424-57

Under the authority of the chairman of the board of directors, the director of the public interdepartmental fire and rescue establishment ensures the administrative and financial management of the est…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article L313-57

The model of the offer referred to in article L. 313-55 is set by order of the Minister for the Economy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Individual employers.

Article L6331-57

Individual employers employing one or more of the following are liable to pay a contribution to the development of continuing vocational training equal to 0.15% of remuneration for the reference year:…

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