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Showing 62016210 of 61143 articles for Art. s. L. 214-1 & L. 214-1-1

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-3

…her than portfolio management companies which provide the investment service referred to in Article L. 321-1 .4 shall not accept, unless they return them in full to the client, any remuneration, commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-22-1

The procedures for revision and denunciation provided for in Article L. 2232-22 are applicable to collective agreements, regardless of the procedures for their conclusion, when the undertaking subsequ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Expertise within the framework of consultation on the company's strategic orientations

Article L2315-87-1

The chartered accountant's mission covers all the economic, financial, social and environmental factors needed to understand the company's strategic direction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1 A: Steering policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities

Article L5214-1 A

The State is responsible for steering employment policy for the disabled. In conjunction with the public employment service, the regions responsible for the regional public vocational training service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1 A: Steering policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities

Article L5214-1 B

…ement on objectives and resources is signed between the State, the institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1, the association responsible for managing the fund for the professional integration of dis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conversion to part-time or full-time work

Article L3123-4-1

When an employee who has reached the age stipulated in the first paragraph of article L. 161-22-1-5 of the Social Security Code asks to work part-time, he must send his request, under conditions set b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-1

…sional athletes and salaried professional coaches, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1221-2, L. 1241-1 to L. 1242-5, L. 1242-7 to L. 1242-9, L. 1242-12, L. 1242-13, L. 1242-17, L. 12…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-8-1

…he absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application ofarticle L. 1242-8, the total duration of the fixed-term employment contract may not exceed eighteen months,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-41-1

…unicipalities whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of Article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-20-1

I. - Subject to the provisions of Article L. 517-12, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exercise supervision on a consolidated basis of a group within the meaning of Articles L…

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