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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-4

Group, company, establishment and inter-company agreements, as well as the documents accompanying the filing as provided for in articles D. 2231-6 and D. 2231-7, are filed on the Ministry of Labour's…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose

Article D2372-4

When the companies, subsidiaries and establishments concerned do not have any form of representation, the information mentioned in articles D. 2372-1 and D. 2372-2 is communicated directly, by any mea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Reimbursement by the employer.

Article D5424-27

For the first six hours of compensation following the one-hour waiting period provided for in Article D. 5424-12, the employer is paid a uniform 10% of the amount obtained in Article D. 5424-25.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D774-40

I. - Pursuant to Article 7(8) of Organic Law No 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, Articles D. 561-4-1 to D. 561-54 are applicable by operation of law in Fren…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-98

On the basis of the information sent to it by the departmental councils, the national council sends the Minister responsible for health and the body responsible for managing the register referred to i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-2

Prior to any release or cessation, even temporary, of the imprisonment of a detained person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Commitment of expenditure and authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D2342-7

Any mandate shall state the financial year and the appropriation to which the expenditure applies; it shall be accompanied, for the establishment of the debt and the regularity of the payment, by the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article D612-58

The provisions of articles D. 612-53 to D. 612-57 apply to the appointment and reappointment of Statutory Auditors and Substitute Statutory Auditors, as well as in the event of a change in the natural…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-13

Where the employee has not spent a full year with the same company, the ceilings provided for in articles D. 3324-10 and D. 3324-12 are calculated in proportion to the length of time the employee has…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D2573-29

I. - The articles R. 2311-1 to R. 2311-9 and the articles R. 2311-11 to D. 2311-14 and article D. 2311-16 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in…

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