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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-3

An order of the Minister responsible for the economy, issued with the assent of the Autorité des marchés financiers, determines the maximum amount of compensation per investor, the procedures and dead…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations to adapt and redeploy.

Article L1233-4

An employee may only be made redundant for economic reasons when all efforts to train and adapt have been made and when the person concerned cannot be redeployed to available jobs located in France in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Revitalisation of employment areas.

Article L1233-85

An agreement between the company and the administrative authority, concluded within six months of the notification provided for in article L. 1233-46, determines, where applicable on the basis of a so…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing the term and duration of the contract.

Article L1242-7

A fixed-term employment contract must have a fixed term when it is concluded. However, the contract may not include a precise term when it is concluded in one of the following cases: 1° Replacement of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

As stated in Article 226-28 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The fact of seeking to identify a person by his or her genetic fingerprints outside the cases provided for in Article 16-11 of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-57

Notwithstanding the provisions of Law no. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the communication of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tax credits

Article L331-5

Each year, before 30 September, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée submits to Parliament and the Government a report evaluating the tax credits mentioned in articles…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-36

When a professional agreement, made compulsory on the basis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, archite…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-1

If the eviction relates to a place inhabited by the person being evicted or by any occupant in his or her own right, it may only take place at the end of a period of two months following the summons,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Certification of conformity

Article L433-2

…rohibited:1° To issue a certificate of conformity without satisfying the conditions set out in article L. 641-23 du code rural et de la pêche maritime ;2° De délivrer un certificat de conformité en mé…

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