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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

Transfers of personnel and assets that have not been carried out under the conditions and within the timeframes prescribed by the provisions of articles L. 1424-13 à L. 1424-19 shall be the subject of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-27-1

…ory authority concerned in another Member State communicates to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution a recovery plan for a subsidiary with its head office in that Member State under co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-2

…le result in executing orders, taking into account price, cost, speed, likelihood of execution and settlement, size, nature of the order or any other considerations relating to the execution of the or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519

Assistants are entitled to : 1° Annual leave of twenty-five working days; 2° To leave granted as part of the reduction in working hours; 3° To days of recuperation for periods of additional working ti…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2-1

…defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the same code, conditional release may only be granted: 1° By the sentence enforcement court, regardless of the length of the prison sentence still to be se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-21-1

…The High Counsel shall only disclose confidential information or documents received from the competent authority of a State which is not a member of the European Union if such disclosure is require…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provision of digital content and services

Article L224-25-10

…al content on a physical medium used exclusively for its transport is governed by articles L. 216-1 et seq.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, at their request, authorise service providers responsible for labelling contracts open to individual subscription and settlements eligible for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation of the agreement

Article R15-33-60-3

…the legal representatives of the legal entity and, where applicable, to the victim, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. These persons are also informed in the same way of the date,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-21

The categories of personal data recorded are as follows: 1° In the event of payment of the partial activity allowance to the establishment, the judicial representative or the association mentioned in…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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