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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-8

Failure by the user to comply with the provisions relating to the conditions for renewal of the contract, as laid down by the stipulations of the agreement or industry-level agreement concluded pursua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L942-1

As an exception to article L. 940-6, the references to the decrees mentioned in articles L. 225-35 and L. 225-68 are maintained.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2563-6

In the overseas departments, the population thresholds mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 2334-35 are set at 35,000 inhabitants.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article L614-38

With a view to imposing the measures provided for in articles L. 614-32 to L. 614-35, customs officers shall apply the powers vested in them by the Customs Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L1225-70

Any agreement contrary to Articles L. 1225-1 to L. 1225-28 and L. 1225-35 to L. 1225-69, relating to maternity, paternity, adoption and the education of children, is null and void.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out

Article L212-6

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-29-8 to L. 228-29-10 and L. 228-35-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L743-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions

Article L742-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-12

For the purposes of Articles L. 511-33, L. 526-35, L. 571-4 and L. 572-17, the persons mentioned in Article L. 525-8 are treated in the same way as persons employed by electronic money issuers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-39

Sector collective agreements are applicable, unless otherwise stipulated, from the day following their filing under the conditions provided for in article L. 7343-35.

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