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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

The following is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros for a temporary employment contractor: 1° Recruiting a temporary employee by concluding a contract that does not contain the information specified…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-26

I.-The annual consultation on the company's social policy, working conditions and employment covers employment trends, qualifications, the multiannual training programme, training initiatives planned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L654-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The references to the judicial court of the administrative centre of the department are replaced by references to the court of fir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-20

In undertakings and groups of undertakings within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 with at least three hundred employees, as well as in Community-scale undertakings and groups of undertakings within t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2

Provided that an employment contract exists between the temporary employment undertaking and the employee and that their employment relationship continues during the period of secondment, an undertaki…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Illegal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2222-2

Termination of another person's pregnancy is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a €30,000 fine if it is knowingly carried out in one of the following circumstances: 1° After the expiry of the p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-23

For the purposes of this section, the following are cinema programming commitments 1° Commitments made by the programming groups or agreements mentioned in article L. 212-19 and approved by the Presid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-23

The Secretary General of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution organises off-site and on-site inspections. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall carry out inspectio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-23

Any loan granted by a credit institution, an AIF covered by paragraph 2 of sub-section 3 or sub-section 5 of Section II of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II, or by a finance company to a legal entity g…

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