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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R836-3

…employment of foreign labour"; 6° In article R. 822-4, the words: "pursuant to the article L. 8271-17 du code du travail, le directeur général de l'Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégratio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-24

…cles L. 4424-4, L. 4424-7, L. 4424-22 and L. 4424-23 of the present code, as well as article L. 722-17 of the education code, the resources allocated to the Corsican territorial collectivity are equiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Missions

Article L7345-1

…and their workers, excluding personal data relating to customers and in compliance with Act No. 78-17 of 5 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties, under conditions set b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-12

…dures for implementing the rules of professional conduct applicable to the Agency's co-contractors; 17° The list of members of the Scientific Advisory Board; 18° The list of members of the Ethics Comm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe I

…ntified as optional, responses are mandatory to enable your request to be processed. The Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms grants you the right to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…nts More than 13% and less than or equal to 14 19 points More than 14% and less than or equal to 15 17 points More than 15% and less than or equal to 16 14 points More than 16% and less than or equal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…of 16 September 2009, as amended, on cross-border payments in the Community; 4° Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 concerning the rights of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-30-3

…ractual documentation and, where applicable, the prospectus within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be publis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Transfers

Article L224-40

…sions of the third paragraph of article L. 224-3, article L. 224-5 and articles L. 224-14 to L. 224-17, the employer may decide that the plan becomes a collective company retirement savings plan, afte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-2

…0-232 of 11 March 2020.Article L. 1111-7 is applicable in the version resulting from Act no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.Article L. 1111-8 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting fr…

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