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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Fixing the term and duration of the contract

Article L1254-13

Notwithstanding article L. 1254-12, to enable the temporary employee to prospect for new clients, the end of the contract may be postponed by agreement between the temporary employment agency and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-50

…result of the profit and loss account for each of the activities mentioned in 1° of Article R. 6145-12 is allocated, during the financial year following that to which it relates, in accordance with th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for exercising trade union rights in sports resource, expertise and performance centres

Article R114-67

The quotas of leave of absence and time off work mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 12 of the aforementioned decree of 3 April 1985 are calculated for each representative trade union organisation of th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-9

…ansmitted by the Autorité nationale des jeux or by La Française des jeux pursuant to article R. 333-12 are kept by the organiser of the sporting event or competition for a period of six years from the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the Commercial Court.

Article L722-3-1

…ions made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1896/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 creating a European order for payment procedure.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-3

…hapter II of Title III of this Book, in particular Articles L. 632-1, L. 632-3, L. 632-5 and L. 632-12, shall apply to the exercise of the powers and to the agreements referred to in this Section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-22-1

For the application of III of article L. 228-12, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice w…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-11

…and Stateless Persons) summons the asylum seeker to a personal interview pursuant to Article L. 531-12, under the conditions set out in Article R. 531-17.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-25

As an exception to the provisions of the first and third paragraphs of Article L. 123-12, individuals placed by option or by right under the simplified actual tax regime may only record receivables an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Manual money changers

Article L775-18

…2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 524-3 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 524-4 order no. 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 524-5 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 524-6 Ordinance no. 2020-115 of 12 F…

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