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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Guarantee of financial obligations

Article L211-38

I. - As security for the present or future financial obligations referred to in article L. 211-36, the parties may provide for the delivery in full ownership, enforceable against third parties without…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-3

I.-The support institution designated by the constituent agreement performs the following functions on behalf of the institutions that are members of the consortium:1° The strategy, optimisation and j…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-3

The National Agency for Territorial Cohesion and the State shall enter into multi-year agreements with: 1° The National Agency for Urban Renewal; 2° The Agence nationale de l'habitat (National Housing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-3

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros if he or she:1. Counterfeit or falsify a cheque or any other instrument referred to in article L. 133-4;2. Knowingly…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Member of the Special Negotiating Body, the European Works Council, the European Company Committee, the Committee of the European Cooperative Society or the Committee of the Company resulting from the cross-border merger

Article L2435-3

Breaking the employment contract of an employee who is a member of the special negotiating body or of an employee who is a member of the committee of the European Cooperative Society, in disregard of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Agreements.

Article L5132-3

Only the recruitment of people eligible for a pathway to integration through economic activity entitles them to financial aid for the integration companies, temporary work integration companies, inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-31

Together with the invitation to the first meeting, the employer sends the employee representatives all relevant information about the proposed mass redundancies.It shall indicate1° The economic, finan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction common to all commercial courts

Article L721-3

Commercial courts hear:1° Disputes relating to commitments between merchants, between craftsmen, between credit institutions, between finance companies or between them;2° Those relating to commercial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3611-3

The metropolis of Lyon is freely administered under the conditions laid down by this book and by the non-contradictory provisions of Part I of this code, Titles II, III and IV of Book I and Books II a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-3

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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