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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

…h 1 of Article 8, Article 9, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 10, Article 12 and paragraph 1 of Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VII: Conditions of application in Overseas France of Book V relating to service providers

Article R771-2

For the application of this Title in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, financial institution, branch, banking department and credit instituti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-2

…uadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, arrangements for adapting it to the specific situation of these local authoritie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-3

A decree sets the number of representatives of employers' professional organisations and employees' trade union organisations provided for in Articles L. 23-111-1 and L. 23-112-1 in Saint-Barthélemy a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-1

In addition to the clauses made mandatory by article L. 2261-22, collective agreements concluded in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint-Barthélemy or Saint-Martin must contain, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-4

When the national minimum professional wage for unskilled workers in Mayotte is lower than the minimum inter-professional growth wage applicable in Mayotte, the organisations bound by a branch agreeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-1

With the exception of the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 5221-7, the provisions of Title II of Book II relating to foreign workers are applicable in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, M…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-2

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-6

Foreign nationals who enter Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in order to work there for a period of less than or equal to three months in a field included on the list set by the decree adopted for the applica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to certain categories of workers.

Article L5523-3

The work permit granted to the foreign national entitles him/her to carry out any salaried professional activity of his/her choice within the territory of the département or local authority, in accord…

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