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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-27

Any employee deprived of Sunday rest shall receive remuneration at least equal to double the remuneration normally due for an equivalent period, as well as equivalent compensatory rest in time.The ord…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

In retail establishments where the weekly rest period normally takes place on Sundays, this rest period may be cancelled on the Sundays designated for each retail establishment by decision of the mayo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22

I. - The articles of association or fund rules of a feeder UCITS stipulate that at least 85% of its assets must be invested in shares or units of a single master UCITS or sub-fund thereof. A feeder UC…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The obligation to insure. The Central Rates Office.

Article L252-2

…ng which continues to refuse to underwrite the risk for which the premium has been set by the central pricing office instituted by Article L. 252-1 is deemed no longer to be operating in accordance wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-2

…f the request being made to it, to pay one or more provisions to the victim who has suffered personal injury or, in the event of the victim's death, to his or her heirs, without prejudice to the right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Communes of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L2571-2

The articles L. 2113-1 to L. 2113-22 and the articles L. 2224-12-3-1, L. 2224-12-4 and L. 2224-12-5 as well as the third, fourth, fifth and sixth paragraphs of article L. 2143-3 are not applicable to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other authorised persons.

Article L5414-2

The provisions of article L. 1427-1 are applicable when the missions of the agents mentioned in article L. 5146-1 are obstructed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-21

The negotiations provided for in Article L. 2242-20 may also cover :1° The matters referred to in articles L. 1233-21 and L. 1233-22 in accordance with the procedures laid down in these same articles;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Research, clinical investigations and performance studies covered by national defence secrets

Article L1123-20

The procedures for applying this chapter are defined, unless otherwise provided, by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular :1° The conditions for approval, funding, operation and appointment of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-20

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 312-14, L. 312-15, L. 312-16, L. 332-8, L. 332…

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