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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Information requirements

Article L314-8

The information and conditions provided for in this section shall be communicated in clear and easily understandable terms and form. They shall be communicated in French unless otherwise agreed by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual obligations

Article L315-8

The contract specifies that repayment is made at the face value of the electronic money units.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-8

The action may seek the cessation of the breach and, where appropriate, in the event of a breach, compensation for the damage suffered. Except in the case of applicants for a job, an internship or a p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Recruitment.

Article L1221-8

Job applicants are expressly informed of the methods and techniques used to assist recruitment prior to their implementation.The results obtained are confidential.The methods and techniques used to as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article L1142-8

In companies with at least fifty employees, the employer shall publish each year all the indicators relating to pay gaps between women and men and the measures implemented to eliminate them, in accord…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Site or operation contract

Article L1223-8

An agreement or an extended collective branch agreement lays down the conditions under which it is possible to use a contract concluded for the duration of a site or operation. In the absence of such…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Medical necessity.

Article L1225-8

When the employee returns to work after maternity leave and if, during her pregnancy, she has been subject to a change of assignment under the conditions provided for in this paragraph, she shall be r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Suspension of the contract and protection against breach.

Article L1226-8

At the end of the suspension periods defined in article L. 1226-7, the employee shall return to his job or to a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration, except in the situations mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee advisor.

Article L1232-8

In establishments with at least eleven employees, the employer shall allow the employee appointed as employee adviser the time required to carry out his duties, up to a maximum of fifteen hours per mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-8

An employer who intends to make collective redundancies for economic reasons of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in…

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