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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-2

An employment contract of indefinite duration is the normal and general form of employment relationship.However, an employment contract may include a term fixed with precision at the time of its concl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Resignation.

Article L1237-1

In the event of resignation, the existence and duration of the notice period are determined by law or by collective labour agreement.In the absence of legal provisions, collective labour agreement or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-26

In the case provided for in Article L. 1441-25, the industrial tribunal members are appointed jointly by the Minister of Justice and the Minister for Employment, by industrial tribunal, college and se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-7

The recipient cannot know the identity of the donor, nor can the donor know the identity of the recipient. No information that could identify both the donor and the recipient may be divulged. This pri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-12

Decisions concerning the execution or destruction of works on the land of others may only be executed after the deposit of a bond, the amount of which is set by the court and which serves as a guarant…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-33

The application for final approval is submitted by the video game creation company once the video game has been completed. If the video game is created jointly, it is the responsibility of each game c…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Report on the description of the premises

Article R322-2

The description report includes: 1° A description of the premises, their composition and surface area; 2° An indication of the occupancy conditions and the identity of the occupants, as well as any ri…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article R2142-3

An economic operator may have recourse to the capacities of other economic operators, whatever the legal nature of the links which bind it to these operators. The purchaser may require the economic op…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Groups of economic operators

Article R2142-22

The purchaser may not require a grouping of economic operators to have a specific legal form in order to submit an application or a tender.The purchaser may require groups of economic operators to ado…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-62

In the case of a lease with a promise to sell, the deed recording the exercise of the option is concluded under the condition precedent provided for in article L. 313-41. When this condition is not me…

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