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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing

Article L2312-82

…ial and cultural activities is carried out at company level under the conditions set out in article L. 2312-81. The distribution of the contribution between the works councils is set by a company agre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing

Article L2312-84

In the event of a budgetary surplus, the members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee may decide, by deliberation, to transfer all or part of the amount of the annual surplus f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing

Article L2312-81

The contribution paid each year by the employer to finance the social institutions of the social and economic committee is set by company agreement. In the absence of an agreement, the ratio of this c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Criminal provisions

Article L754-18

Article L. 351-1, as amended by Act No. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018, is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L512-83-1

The regional banks and credit unions are subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the Inspectorate General of Finance.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General powers

Article L2312-80

…eir financing. It also issues an opinion on the conclusion of agreements, as provided for inarticle L. 221-8 of the French Sports Code, designed to facilitate the employment of top-level sportsmen and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L773-13

Article L. 518-1, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010, is applicable in New Caledonia subject to the replacement of all occurrences of the words: "la Poste, under the cond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L773-14

…to the adaptation provisions provided for in II: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 518-2 with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L774-14

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 518-2 with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L774-13

Article L. 518-1, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010, is applicable in French Polynesia subject to the replacement of all occurrences of the words: "la Poste, under the c…

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