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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pledges on immovable property.

Article 2384

…immovable property are extinguished in particular:1° By the extinction of the principal obligation;2° By the early restitution of the immovable property to its owner.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-2

…organisation or management of credit institutions or investment firms which are part of a group ; 2° The opening of a procedure likely to result in the imposition of a sanction, the adoption of a me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Maintenance file

Article R4211-3

…aken: 1° For cleaning glazed surfaces on elevations and roofs in application of article R. 4214-2 ; 2° For roof access, in particular: a) Means of securing for short-term operations ; b) The possibili…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

…es of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° Letters of credit and guarantees held in trust by an independent trustee for the benefit of insur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-28

Where the profit-sharing agreement offers several investment vehicles, it specifies the terms and conditions under which employees may change the allocation of their savings. However, the agreement ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Enhanced medical surveillance.

Article R4626-27

…ng are entitled to enhanced medical surveillance: 1° The employees mentioned in article R. 4624-18; 2° Employees reinstated after long-term leave or long-term sick leave.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishment and liquidation of claims.

Article L3253-21

…1° Within five days of receipt of the statements referred to in 1° and 3° of article L. 3253-19 ; 2° Within eight days of receipt of the statements referred to in 2° and 4° of the same article. By w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Trade union section representative

Article L2142-1-2

The provisions of articles L. 2143-1 and L. 2143-2 relating to the conditions of appointment of the trade union delegate, those of articles L. 2143-7 to L. 2143-10 and of the second and third paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R782-23

…r than those mentioned in I, shall be brought before the Nouméa Court of Appeal for New Caledonia.";2° References to the Code of Civil Procedure are replaced by references to equivalent locally applic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R783-23

…those mentioned in I, shall be brought before the Court of Appeal of Papeete for French Polynesia.";2° References to the Code of Civil Procedure are replaced by references to equivalent locally applic…

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