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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding.

Article L4743-2

…ce of vagrants, persons without means of support or beggars, in breach of the provisions of article L. 4153-7. Conviction automatically entails the removal of guardianship. Fathers and mothers may be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account.

Article L6323-28

…into account in full for the calculation of the amount mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 6323-27.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-2

…uthorities and their groupings to the management of the reference data referred to in II of article L. 321-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration (Code of relations between th…

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

Article L163-2

…rson who issues one or more cheques in disregard of the injunction sent to them pursuant to Article L. 131-73. The same penalties shall apply if an agent knowingly issues one or more cheques that the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L522-2

I. - In addition to providing the payment services mentioned in II of article L. 314-1, payment institutions may provide related services, such as book-entry foreign exchange services, custody service…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Capital increase.

Article L3332-20

…than the latter, or 40% less when the lock-up period provided for by the plan, pursuant to articles L. 3332-25 and L. 3332-26, is ten years or more.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Emergency medical aid.

Article L6311-2

…id down by regulation.These units participate in the healthcare access service mentioned in article L. 6311-3.A call reception and regulation centre is set up in the emergency medical services. This c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-21

…or the syndicat is carried out under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-41.II. - The communauté de communes is also substituted, for the competences that it exercis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information

Article L7222-21

…een sent to him by the President of the Executive Council under the conditions laid down in article L. 7225-3, as well as projects on which the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Rental investment giving entitlement to a tax reduction

Article L122-23

Any advertising relating to the acquisition of housing intended for rental and likely to benefit from the provisions of articles 199 tervicies, 199 sexvicies and 199 novovicies of the French General T…

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