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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to investment service providers other than portfolio management companies

Article D533-11-1

Investment service providers other than portfolio management companies may, on their own initiative or at the request of a client, treat as a non-professional client, either generally or in respect of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-21

The request for authorisation to terminate the employment contract of a member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee or of a local representative by individual or collective agr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Administrative procedure

Article R3132-15

The procedure laid down in articles R. 3132-13 and R. 3132-14 is applicable to the application for authorisation to exceed the maximum daily working time of ten hours in the event of recourse to subst…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-13

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-26, in order to terminate the leave early or to waive it in the cases provided for in article L. 3142-19, the employee must send a reasoned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-176

The compensation that may be due between public or ministerial officers, former public or ministerial officers who have not yet been replaced or their successors, other than those mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-4

For the determination of expenditure incurred by the State in 1993 in respect of training initiatives intended for young people under the age of twenty-six with a view to enabling them to acquire a qu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article D6242-3

The President of the Territorial Council signs an agreement with the State representative that includes the reference of the approved system and that provides in particular:a) The date on which the lo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article D6242-4

The State representative may suspend the application of the agreement provided for in Article D. 6242-3 when it observes serious deterioration in the operation of the teletransmission system or is pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article D6342-3

The president of the territorial council signs an agreement with the State representative that includes the reference of the approved system and that provides in particular:a) The date of connection o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article D6342-4

The State representative may suspend the application of the agreement provided for in Article D. 6342-3 when it observes serious deterioration in the operation of the teletransmission system or is pre…

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