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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-95

The employment contract of an employee called up for national service in application of Book II of the National Service Code is suspended for the duration of active national service. When they know th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: International provision of services

Article R8115-5

…resulting from failure to comply with the provisions of article L. 1262-2-1, the third paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, articles L. 1262-4-1, L. 1262-4-4, L. 1262-4-5, L. 1263-6 and L. 1263-7 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accreditation procedures for opening a medical biology laboratory

Article R6221-1

…on for accreditation is equivalent to an application for the provisional certificate referred to in II of Article L. 6221-2. II.-1° Within one week of the date of receipt of the application, the Frenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-45

…Article L. 2331-11 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the provisions of II and III.II. - For the application of the first paragraph, the words: "local laws and customs" are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article R511-2

…nance company, investment firm, portfolio management company or commercial company governed by Book II of the Commercial Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Protection of minors.

Article R3353-7

…in the place indicated; 2° Affixing posters of a model other than that defined in the same article. II - The same penalty applies to the destruction, tearing up or alteration of the sign mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-15

…application of the provisions of this article, the periods mentioned in Chapters V and VI of Title II of Book Two of Part One of the Labour Code and the periods devoted to civic service are not count…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Possibilities for grouping company pension savings plans

Article L224-27

…ded that these categories are constituted on the basis of the objective criteria mentioned in 4° of II ofarticle L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code. The plan regulations stipulate that the membershi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5422-2-1

…he request for certification of the real and serious nature of the career plan referred to in 2° of II of article L. 5422-1 is sent by the employee, by any means that provides a date certain for its r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-4

…nces to the collectivity of French Guiana and the assembly of French Guiana;2° Section 3 of Chapter II of Title III is not applicable;3° The last sentence of Article L. 423-19 is deleted;4° The second…

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