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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-51

The temporary employment agency provides the user company, at its request, with a certificate from the social security bodies specifying its situation with regard to the collection of contributions du…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-50

…e body, an insurance company, a bank or a financial institution authorised to give guarantees.It is calculated as a percentage of the annual turnover of the company concerned.It may not be less than a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-52

…y bodies or social institutions to which these employees belong, for the duration of the assignment carried out in the company.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Restructuring and downsizing

Article L2312-58

In the absence of an agreement, when the proposed restructuring and downsizing submitted to the Social and Economic Committee is likely to affect the volume of activity or employment of a subcontracti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-52

…12, the first three paragraphs of article L. 2334-13 and I and II of Article L. 2334-14-1 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-51

The communes receive resources from the intercommunal equalisation fund under the conditions provided for by Article 52 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions

Article L784-5

…ble shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions

Article L783-5

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Consultative and other institutions

Article L785-5

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-5

Where the works of the public electricity transmission and distribution networks, located on the territory of the department, are operated by separate legal entities, the overall amount of the fee, se…

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