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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing

Article L313-9

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article 3-1 of decree no. 53-960 of 30 September 1953 (1), as amended and supplemented by law no. 65-356 of 12 May 1965, do not apply to property l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-64

At the end of the parental presence leave, the employee returns to his previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration.In the event of the death of the child or a significant reduc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resignation to raise a child.

Article L1225-66

In order to bring up their child, employees may terminate their employment contract at the end of their maternity or adoption leave or, as the case may be, two months after the birth or arrival in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-2

Concluding a fixed-term employment contract for a purpose other than that provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 1242-2 or outside the cases provided for in that same article and in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-9

Failure by the user to comply with the provisions relating to the succession of contracts on the same job, as provided for by the stipulations of the agreement or industry-level agreement concluded pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-12

In all the cases provided for in this section, the court may order, as an additional penalty, that the judgment be posted at the expense of the convicted temporary employment agency or user, in accord…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation, orientation and preparation of the case.

Article L1454-1-3

If, unless there is a legitimate reason, a party does not appear, either in person or represented in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the conciliation and refe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-2

An order by the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Agence de la biomédecine and the Haute Autorité de santé, defines the rules of good practice applicable to the prescription and perfo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health monitoring

Article L1413-13

In the event of risks to public health or to the health of a person due to an abnormality arising during investigations, treatments or preventive actions, the administrative authority may give formal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-3

Communes and their groupings may voluntarily contribute to the financing of the investment programme of public, private and community health establishments.The operations financed as part of the inves…

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