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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-1

To be registered on the list of statutory auditors, a natural person must meet the following conditions: 1° Be French, a national of a Member State of the European Union, of a State party to the Agree…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

Any termination of the employment contract of an employee of an age determined by decree giving entitlement to payment of the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 351-3 entails the obligatio…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts performed by health professionals

Article L426-1

I.-A guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts performed by self-employed healthcare professionals and mentioned in article L. 1142-1 of the Public Health Cod…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

Access by a delegated sports federation to personal information relating to gambling transactions, with a view to the implementation of a possible sanction procedure against a player in a sports compe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Inter-company occupational health and prevention services.

Article L4622-12

The organisation and management of the occupational health and prevention service are placed under the supervision of : 1° Either an inter-company social and economic committee set up by the social an…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L2271-1

The National Commission for Collective Bargaining, Employment and Vocational Training is responsible for :1° Proposing to the Minister for Labour any measures likely to facilitate the development of c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional contributions

Article L115-14

The following contributions are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° A contribution payable by film production companies. This contribution is set at 0.58% of receipts,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General principles

Article L521-1

I.-The distributors of insurance products shall act honestly, impartially and professionally in the best interests of the policyholder or member. II.-Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-19

In the areas referred to in article L. 3132-24, either a collective agreement at company or establishment level or, failing that, a collective agreement at branch level, or an agreement concluded at t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-11

Unless otherwise stipulated, the procedures for applying this chapter are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular :a) The content and procedures for drawing up and triggering the arra…

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