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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-9

The Board of Directors or the Management Board may decide to pay a supplement to the special profit-sharing reserve in respect of the financial year ended, in compliance with the ceilings mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain employees.

Article L5424-2

The employers mentioned in article L. 5424-1 are responsible for managing the insurance allowance. They may, by agreement with Pôle emploi, on behalf of the body mentioned in article L. 5427-1, entrus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-4

The Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Chambers of Trades and Crafts and the Chambers of Agriculture exercise their powers in respect of apprenticeships within the framework of this Book. They par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Financial penalties imposed by the Regional Health Agency

Article L5472-1

I. - The Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction may, in the areas under his authority, impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions

Article L5218-11

I. - Notwithstanding article L. 5217-12, the metropolis of Aix-Marseille-Provence benefits, from 1st January of the year following that of its creation, from a global operating allocation equal to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article L7343-23

In order to establish their representativeness pursuant to this section, the organisations referred to in Article L. 7343-21 shall submit their applications to the Autorité des relations sociales des…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Representation of organisations

Article L7343-3

The representativeness of the organisations representing the workers defined in article L. 7341-1 using the platforms mentioned in article L. 7342-1 for their activity is determined on the basis of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Removal from a living person.

Article L1231-3

The committee of experts whose intervention is provided for in articles L. 1231-1, L. 1241-3 and L. 1241-4 sits in two panels of five members appointed for three years by order of the Minister for Hea…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

For life insurance and capitalisation contracts where a unit of account is made up of units in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 521-1 and L. 521-2, the intermediary or insurance company shall provide the prospective subscriber or member with the following information prior to…

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