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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article L421-13

…ssignment between establishments in the same company or between companies in the same group and who can prove, in addition to at least three months' professional seniority in the group or company esta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Professional activity

Article L414-13

…5221-2 of the Labour Code, the situation on the employment market may be invoked against the applicant except where the present code provides otherwise, and in particular where the foreign national'…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-13

Approved federations may conclude, for the benefit of their affiliated associations or certain categories thereof and with the agreement of the latter, any contract of collective interest relating to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Equity loans

Article L313-13

…y Articles L. 313-14 to L. 313-20. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the application of the criminal provisions of Title IV of Book II of the French Commercial Code. The granting…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employers' groups.

Article L1255-13

…companies, under the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Criminal Code, and its publication, in full or in extracts, in the newspapers that it designates. These costs may not exceed the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-13

…ial payment voucher is nominative. It mentions the name of the beneficiary.A decree may specify the cases in which :1° The special payment voucher is payable to a named person, in particular when it i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-13

…to the nature and extent of the risks involved. These events, when they are likely to have a significant impact on the interests mentioned in Article L. 1333-7, are declared to the representative of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health monitoring

Article L1413-13

…dministrative authority may give formal notice to the professionals, bodies or establishments which carried out these investigations, treatments or preventive actions to inform the persons concerned i…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-13

The judge ensures that sufficient time has elapsed between the summons or writ of summons and the hearing to allow the defendant to prepare his defence.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L2193-13

The terms of payment of subcontractors benefiting from direct payment, in particular the supporting documents to be sent to the contract holder, and the deadlines and conditions for acceptance of this…

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