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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3121-30

Overtime may be worked up to an annual quota. Hours worked in excess of this annual quota give entitlement to compulsory time off in lieu. The hours taken into account for the calculation of the annua…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expiry of the contract term.

Article L1251-30

…brought forward or postponed at the rate of one day for every five days worked. For assignments of less than ten working days, this term may be brought forward or postponed by two days. Adjusting the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-30

On pain of nullity of the transfer provided for in Article L. 526-27: 1° The transfer must relate to the entire business assets of the sole trader, which may not be split; 2° In the event of a contrib…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-30

If the provider of an independent advice service is remunerated by the lender or a credit intermediary in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article L. 313-14 is punishable by a fine o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-30

…chapter do not deprive the consumer of the right to bring an action arising from the guarantee for latent defects as it results from Articles 1641 to 1649 of the Civil Code or any other action of a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-30

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-23, the working hours of a part-time employee may not include more than one interruption of activity or an interruption of more than t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-30

Any person operating a modelling agency who fails to provide a financial guarantee resulting from a guarantee given in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-20 is liable to six months' imprisonm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Agenda

Article L2315-30

The agenda for Social and Economic Committee meetings is sent by the Chairman to the Committee members, to the Labour Inspectorate official referred to in Article L. 8112-1 and to the Social Security…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-31

The Extraordinary General Meeting of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and whose existing investment certificates represent no more than 1% of the share capital may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-30

When the amount of the communal allowance exceeds the unit amount of the special grant as set by the local finance committee, the commune pays the difference directly to the schoolteacher concerned. N…

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