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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-1-2

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 3334-11, the rules of the collective retirement savings plan define the conditions under which each participant is offered a savings allocatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…mination of the ancillary contract, and their effects; 10° The prohibition of any advance payments; 11° The fact that the contract may be governed by a law other than that of the Member State of the E…

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

Article L533-12-4-1

…estment or related services to clients, shall be deemed to fulfil the obligations of Article L. 533-11 if : 1° Prior to the provision of execution services or research services or materials, the inves…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-7

…acts concluded in conjunction with one of the contracts provided for in articles L. 5132-5, L. 5132-11-1 or L. 5132-15-1, in order to achieve a total working time corresponding to full-time work or at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-4

…whose members is a medical biologist; 10° One elected pair of pharmacists on the roll of section G; 11° One elected pair of pharmacists registered on the register of section H ; 12° A pharmacist who i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-12

…mpany and the acquired companies, without holding all of them, and the provisions of Article L. 236-11 do not apply:1° The merger need not be approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting of the acqui…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-7

…es Health Service, provide the public hospital service under the conditions defined by articles L. 6112-1 and L6112-2, by the protocol provided for in article L. 6147-11 and the specific contracts men…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-71

…d in article L. 214-28 or in venture capital companies governed by article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature whose securities or r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-69

The Conseil des maisons de vente will issue a reasoned decision at the latest within three months of the presentation of the complete file by the interested party. The decision is notified by any mean…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions

Article R521-32

…t or ship. When consulting registrations of orders issued in application of article L. 184-1 or L. 511-11 of the French Construction and Housing Code relating to a building in which a business operate…

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